Quotes About Action

Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave men, or they are no better than dreams.

If a soldier or labourer complains of the hardship of his lot, set him to do nothing.

There is nothing more frightening than ignorance in action.

Little wit in the head makes much work for the feet.

Progress results only from the fact that there are some men and women who refuse to believe that what they know to be right cannot be done.

The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of a river; and the knowledge of the past, the record of truths revealed by experience, is eminently practical, as an instrument of action and a power that goes to making the future.

One of the hard truths about the new digital world is that we have to be prepared to acknowledge when an experiment is not going to work, and to take action.

Every action has a consequence, so always try to be good.

Anybody can jump a motorcycle. The trouble begins when you try to land it.

If you have a goal, you have to step forward and try to get it accomplished.

If you don't think a small act can make a difference, try going to sleep with a mosquito in the room.

I can't solve the world's problems, can't even begin to contemplate them all. But on my little corner of Earth, I at least can try to live in a way that treads lightly.

I think it's my responsibility, as a person of influence... to sometimes try to do what I can.

We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.

It's been my experience in politics that you can try and plan it out: 'I'm going to hit the three ball which will hit the eight ball.' You've just got to go run and try to do everything right. And then have a little luck.

It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.

Man can and must prevent the tragedy of famine in the future instead of merely trying with pious regret to salvage the human wreckage of the famine, as he has so often done in the past.

I'm excited to join my brother-in-law Ken Thomson every Tuesday night on SiriusXM to recap all of the awesome NFL action, and to find out what in the Wylde world of sports is going on.

I grew up playing paintball and riding motorcycles and horses, so I really know how to rough and tumble.

Before cancer, I was obviously disconnected. I had a tumor the size of a mango inside me and didn't do anything about it. It wasn't like I didn't know something was wrong.

Shoot the bad guys and I'll gladly sing a tune for you.

The game's the thing. That's why people tune in. They don't tune in to hear an announcer.

This Congress has promised all manner of border security and port security to the tune of billions of dollars... yet we have - to date - funded our promises for port security at only $900 million. That's quite a distance between what we say and what we actually do.

The future begins today! What is important is what we do today and tomorrow for Tunisia and all its children. We must work hand in hand.