Quotes About Action

There is one right even more important than the right to send men to their deaths without thinking: the right to think twice before you send men to their death.

They forget that we, too, have earned the right to live! So I say if we are going to die, my friend, let us die trying, not sitting.

You should motivate yourself, NOW!

Success belongs to those who have these two attributes: • An insatiable desire to learn • An unquenchable bias for action

As we've mentioned several times, the strategic planning process comprises two distinct activities: strategic thinking and execution planning. Strategic thinking is coming up with a few big-picture ideas. Execution planning is figuring out how to make them happen.

Who, What, When (WWW): Improve the impact of your weekly meetings by taking a few minutes at the end and summarizing Who said they are going to do What, When.

A good plan now is better than a great plan too late.

So far Trump has proved to be one of the rare presidents who has attempted to do what he said he would. He has also not acted much differently in 2017–18 than he said he would during 2015–16. That continuum is why his critics understandably fear him, and why his hard-core supporters often seem to relish their terror.

What is said about men often has as much influence upon their lives, and especially upon their destinies, as what they do.

There comes an hour when protest no longer suffices; after philosophy there must be action; the strong hand finishes what the idea has sketched.

Are you afraid of the good you might do?

Whether true or false, what is said about men often has as much influence on their lives, and particularly on their destinies, as what they do.

To love is to act.

Then live your life, above all things. Make use of your I while you have it.

When one does wrong, one must do it thoroughly.

He was not to perceive that of two men engaged in an action so hideous, he who permits the thing is worse than the man who does the work, because he is the coward!

True, I tore the drapery from the altar; but it was to dress the wounds of the country.

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

A good mayor is a useful person. How can you hold back when you have the chance to do good?

To fall into it again in appearance was to leave it behind in reality! He had to do it! He would have done nothing if he didn't do that! His whole life would have been useless, all his penitence wasted, and there would be only one thing left to say: What is the point?

after philosophy, action is required;

Il vient une heure où protester ne suffit plus : après la philosophie, il faut l'action.

The moment comes when protest is not enough; reason must give way to action, and force ensure what thought has conceived.

True or false, that which is set of men often occupies as important a place in their lives, and above all in their destinies, as that which they do.