Quotes About Action

The basis of action on love, the brotherhood of all men, the value of the individual... the humility of the spirit.

Men make history, not the other way around.

Man is a passion which brings a will into play, which works an intelligence.

It makes no odds where a man goes or stays, if he is only about his business.

A man of rare common sense and directness of speech, as of action; a transcendentalist above all, a man of ideas and principles,Mthat was what distinguished him.

It would surpass the powers of a well man nowadays to take up his bed and walk, and I should certainly advise a sick one to lay down his bed and run.

If ever I did a man any goodof course it was something exceptional and insignificant compared with the good or evil which I am constantly doing by being what I am.

Man must be doing something, or fancy that he is doing something, for in him throbs the creative impulse; the mere basker in the sunshine is not a natural, but an abnormal man.

No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.

Sometimes fear is wholesome and rational; it is well to swing fear as a mighty battle-axe over men's heads when no other motive will move them.

God's men are better than the devil's men, and they ought to act as though they thought they were.

When a man speaks of the need for realism one may be sure that this is always the prelude to some bloody deed.

Revolutions are not made by fate but by men.

When a man forgets himself, he usually does something everybody else remembers.

Mercy is the mark of a great man! (stabs defeated opponent) I guess I'm just a good man. (stabs opponent again) Well ... I'm alright.

To comprehend a man's life, it is necessary to know not merely what he does but also what he purposely leaves undone.

And while I at length debate and beate the bush, There shall steppe in other men and catch the burdes.

Don't believe that jazz about there's nothing you can do, "turn on and drop out, man" - because you've got to turn on and drop in, or they're going to drop all over you.

The whole technological revolution and evolution gives man tremendous capabilities for good, and it also gives individuals tremendous capability to carry out what result in lethal action.

Man is most happy, when his own actions are arguments and examples of his virtue.

A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

I think actions speak louder than words is one thing I think I always took from my mom. And to this day, I think about that in everything I do.

This is your moment! Seize the opportunity to be great!

God is continuously in action, without resting for a single moment.