Quotes About Action

Life's too short to sit around and wait.

It is easy for men to write and talk like philosophers, but to act with wisdom, there is the rub!

Wisdom is doing now what you are going to be happy with later on

A wise man will see to it that his acts always seem voluntary and not done by compulsion, however much he may be compelled by necessity.

The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.

Everything you do is triggered by an emotion of either desire or fear.

Willing is not enough, we must do.

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.

Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature can not be changed

Wisdom often consists of knowing what to do next.

If we still advise we shall never do.

My top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves.

You can always debate about what you should have done. The question is what are you going to do?

Act quickly, think slowly.

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.

When in doubt, choose to live.

It's the fear of what comes after the doing that makes the doing hard to do.

Wisdom is not a matter of study, but a matter of living, and of sure action which rises above opposites.

Wisdom teaches us to do, as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a colour.

You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot.

Stranger, pause and ask thyself the question, Canst thou do likewise? If not, with a blush retire.

Empathy makes you more aware of other people's suffering, but it's not clear it actually motivates you to take moral action or prevents you from taking immoral action.

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.