Quotes About Action

What happens if I do this

This is what they do! And we must fight back!

As soon as I'm in the trees, I retrieve a bow and sheath of arrows from a hollow log.

Someone who can make things happen must be alerted.

You must take control of events before they take control of you...If you don't do what you can for yourself, no one else will.

Don't tell people your dreams; show them

A wise woman recognizes when her life is out of balance and summons the courage to act to correct it, she knows the meaning of true generosity, happiness is the reward for a life lived in harmony, with a courage and grace.

So many financial dreams are thwarted by the failure to act upon good intentions.

The only way to conquer fear is through action.

If you cannot pick yourself up, if you cannot start taking action right now, then who is going to do it for you?

The only way to counteract feelings of helplessness, indecision, and defeatism is to act. The most powerful attitude you can own when it comes to your future is self-reliance, because when it comes to your retirement, it's really up to you to take care of you.

Swami Chinmayananda

Swami Chinmayananda

Achievements are not earned through proficiency alone. They are in fact rewards of our efficiency. Proficiency is gathered knowledge, while efficiency is the ability to translate the knowledge into action.

There is a tricycle in man. He knows, he feels and acts. He has emotion, intellect and will. He must develop head, heart and hand.

Do not love leisure. Waste not a minute. Be bold. Realize the Truth, here and now!

We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. The wind is blowing; those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it, and go forward on their way, but those which have their sails furled do not catch the wind. Is that the fault of the wind?....... We make our own destiny.

Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvellous work. It is fear that is the great cause of misery in the world. It is fear that is the greatest of all superstitions. It is fear that is the cause of all our woes, and it is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment. Therefore, "arise, awake and stop not until the goal is reached.

By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands, we make ourselves stronger

A few heart-whole, sincere, and energetic men and women can do more in a year than a mob in a century.

Now is wanted intense Karma-Yoga with unbounded courage and indomitable strength in the heart. Then only will the people of the country be roused.

The great men think, and you and I [also] think. But there is a difference. We think and our bodies do not follow. Our actions do not harmonise with our thoughts. Our words have not the power of the words that become Vedas. ... Whatever they think must be accomplished. If they say, "I do this," the body does it. Perfect obedience. This is the end. You can think yourself God in one minute, but you cannot be [God].

The present is determined by our past actions, and the future by the present.

Who can work without any attachment? That is the real question.