Quotes About Action

It's true that heroes are inspiring, but mustn't they also do some rescuing if they are to be worthy of their name? Would Wonder Woman matter if she only sent commiserating telegrams to the distressed?

Example moves the world more than doctrine.

Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be first.

A hero is a man who does what he can.

I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something I can do.

If I am not for myself, who is for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?

What lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness.

Self-searching is the means by which we bring new vision, action, and grace to bear upon the dark and negative side of our natures. With it comes the development of that kind of humility that makes it possible for us to receive God's help. ... We find that bit by bit we can discard the old life-the one that did not work-for a new life that can and does work under conditions whatever.

The cure for grief is motion.

When you find yourself overpowered, as it were, by melancholy, the best way is to go out and do something.

When I saw something that needed doing, I did it.

I would not sit waiting for some value tomorrow, nor for something to happen. One could wait a lifetime. ... I would make something happen.

Sometimes you gotta create what you want to be a part of.

Heaven and hell is right now. ... You make it heaven or you make it hell by your actions.

If people are suffering, then they must look within themselves. ... Happiness is not something ready-made [Buddha] can give you. It comes from your own actions.

Under normal periods, any man's success hinges about 5 percent on what others do for him and 95 percent on what he does.

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment and learn again to exercise ... his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.

God helps those who help themselves.

The gods help those who help themselves.

The silent dog is the first to bite.

If it's working, keep doing it. If it's not working, stop doing it. If you don't know what to do, don't do anything.

I take a simple view of living. It is, keep your eyes open and get on with it.

You decide what it is you want to accomplish and then you lay out your plans to get there, and then you just do it. It's pretty straightforward.