Quotes About Action

But as we've said before, there is great power in all of us, if only we channel that power into action.

Az ország sorsa nem azon múlik, hogy miként szavazol, mert ebben a játékban a legsilányabb ember is ugyanannyit ér, mint a legjobb; nem azon múlik, hogy milyen papírt engedsz a kezedbÅ'l a szavazóurnába egyszer egy évben, hanem hogy milyen embert engedsz a szobádból az utcára minden egyes reggel.

when people are entering upon a war they do things the wrong way round. Action comes first, and it is only when they have already suffered that they begin to think.

What used to be described as a thoughtless act of aggression was now regarded as the courage one would expect to find in a party member; to think of the future and wait was merely another way of saying one was a coward; any idea of moderation was just an attempt to disguise one's unmanly character; ability to understand a question from all sides meant that one was totally unfitted for action.

those who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action.

Goodwill shown by the party that is asking for help does not mean security for the prospective ally. What is looked for is a positive preponderance of power in action.

este evident ca atat omul, cat si Zeii, oriunde dispun de putere si-o exercita dintr-un invincibil impuls al firii. si voi, ca toti ceilalti, ati actiona exact ca noi, daca ati avea o putere egala cu a noastra.

Yet we know that in war fortune sometimes makes the odds more level than could be expected from the difference in numbers of the two sides. And if we surrender, then all our hope is lost at once, whereas, so long as we remain in action, there is still a hope that we may yet stand upright.

Make up your minds, therefore, to pay them back in their own coin, and do not make it look as though you who escape their machinations are less quick to react than they who started them.

go forth and thrash!

Selling is persuading and influencing people to take action.

So, selling is influencing and persuading others to take action in a relationship that is grounded in trust and respect.

nothing happens until somebody sells something to someone.

Screening, the theory of which won enfant terrible Joe Stiglitz a share of the Nobel Prize in 2001, is the art of finding out hidden information by forcing people to act, rather than simply murmur sweet nothings.)

Sustaining an audience is hard. It demands a consistency of thought, of purpose, and of action over a long period of time." —BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN O

She fell, rolled, kicked out with one boot. The alien tripped over her leg and went sprawling, spilling one queen's egg onto its side. Ripley screamed in pain as her wounded leg was jarred, but then she was standing again, aiming the charge thumper and firing her last shot into the monster's face.

Courage is nothing to laugh at, not if it is proper courage and exercised by men who know what they do is proper. Proper courage is wise courage. It's acting wisely, acting wisely when fear would have a man act otherwise. It is the endurance of the soul in spite of fear - wisely.

Write your letter, I'll take it – and I'll return with this atheist's jawbone as quickly as I'm able.

Hoping is what people do when they're too lazy to do anything else. People

God is what you do, not what you believe in.

Standing still is never an option so long as inequities remain embedded in the very fabric of the culture.

You read yourself full, you pray yourself hot, and then you turn yourself loose.

He held his ground like a sweet gum stump trying hard to live in a spirit of love and action, not anger and reaction

Rather than arrest the assailant, white police officers hauled off a black bystander who objected to their inaction.