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Quotes About Action

We need to expect to pay a price if we want to make our lives better, but more importantly, we need to expect to pay a price for just leaving things as they are.
~ Jane Powell
I think I can fix the problems in Washington that people desperately want to see fixed.
~ Jeb Bush
You can't let the fear of what people might say or think stop you from doing what you want to do or else we would never do anything.
~ Jennifer Lopez
Other people can think ahead all they want. I just focus on the task at hand and try to move on.
~ Jeremy Renner
Simply having rules does not change the things that people want to do. You have to change incentive.
~ Jimmy Wales
I believe that as soon as people want peace in the world they can have it. The trouble is they are not aware they can get it.
~ John Lennon
A great moment of clarity when I realized I'm dying. There's no reason to wait to do the things we want to do.
~ John Tesh
I got a bunch of people together to talk about doing a lot and decided that I really want to throw my hand in and do as much as I can.
~ Joss Whedon
You need to be moving if you want God to show you which way to go.
~ Joyce Meyer
Have the courage to do something which deserves transportation if you want to be somebody.
~ Juvenal
I finished The Freebie, which was a small relationship "talky" movie, and I was like, "I just want to get out of the house! And I want there to be some action, and I want some tension in there!"
~ Katie Aselton
The Farfield Curse is a story you'll want to pick up, but not put down!
~ Kaza Kingsley
'Immortals' is all action. I love action movies. That's really where I want to spearhead my career.
~ Kellan Lutz
I kind of weirdly fell into being an action hero...I have no f- idea how that happened. You have to remind people that you want to act rather than just run around
~ Kit Harington
I always liked the Raiders of the Lost Ark. I still want to be Indiana Jones.
~ Kyle MacLachlan
Don't be a victim; if you want to make movies, make movies.
~ Lance Reddick
He (the sage) wants all things to follow their own nature, but dares not act.
~ Laozi
Momentum,' She repeats. 'You can't just stand there if you want something to fly. You have to run.
~ Lauren DeStefano
Inspiration is an excuse for doing something you already want to do.
~ Lauren Kate
[Kirk] Johnson throws some heavy punches and is a knockout fighter. This is what people want to see. They want to see a fight, they want to see punches and they want to see action.
~ Lennox Lewis
Even the most sublime ideas sound ridiculous if heard too often. Be the change that you want to see in the world.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
We have to be the change we want in the world.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
If you want something done, ask. If you want something done quickly, ask, and then begin counting down from ten with no explanation.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Children cannot eat rhetoric and they cannot be sheltered by commissions. I don't want to see another commission that studies the needs of kids. We need to help them.
~ Marian Wright Edelman