Quotes About Action

Meditation is not to escape from society, but to come back to ourselves and see what is going on. Once there is seeing, there must be acting. With mindfulness, we know what to do and what not to do to help

If you are motivated by loving kindness and compassion, there are many ways to bring happiness to others right now, starting with kind speech.

There is no dharma greater than a word uttered by a man of conscience; there is no karma greater than a man listening to himself! Since an intention precedes action, it should be the reference point for any action.

Activism begins with you, Democracy begins with you, get out there, get active! Tag, you're it

An important book for understanding the history of our economic boom & bust cycles. It's an eye-opening account of how we are repeating the mistakes of the 1760's, 1850's, and 1920's. The author is a brilliant writer and is so good at explaining even the most complex subjects in a compelling & easy to understand way. The next crash will be painful but it's important to understand what is being done to us, and how we can learn from history and take action.

We church members must cease and desist becoming "I want" members and become "I will" members.

The kingdom is not about chatter. It is about action. Nike has some great theology. It is time to just do it.

Here is the principle: If you know you have to make a difficult decision with someone, don't delay. The situation will only worsen. But please be certain you have no other alternatives.

Simply stated, your church will not likely be ready for change until it experiences some action steps of an outward focus.

Turnaround begins with you. Outward focus begins with you. Revitalization begins with you.

The people in charge, globally, are maniacs. They are maniacs, and unless we do something about it these people are going to deprive us of a future.

At the Day of Judgement we shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done.

O that we had spent but one day in this world thoroughly well!

On the day of judgment, it will be demanded of us not what we have read, but what we have done.

Whoever loves much, does much...

Sometimes my sin is not what I do; it also describes what I don't do when I know I should.

We shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done; not how well we have spoken but how well we have lived.

Many often err and accomplish little or nothing because they try to become learned rather than to live well. If men used as much care in uprooting vices and implanting virtues as they do in discussing problems, there would not be so much evil and scandal in the world, or such laxity in religious organizations. On the day of judgment, surely, we shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done; not how well we have spoken but how well we have lived.

Without charity external work is of no value, but anything done in charity, be it ever so small and trivial, is entirely fruitful inasmuch as God weighs the love with which a man acts rather than the deed itself.

a surety, at the Day of Judgment it will be demanded of us, not what we have read, but what we have done; not how well we have spoken, but how holily we have lived.

On the day of judgment, surely, we shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done; not how well we have spoken but how well we have lived.

Of a surety, at the Day of Judgment it will be demanded of us, not what we have read, but what we have done; not how well we have spoken, but how holily we have lived.

The performance of an action is worthless in itself, if it is not done out of charity. Charity must be our motive; then everything we do, however little and insignificant, bears a rich harvest. After all, what God takes into account is not so much the thing we do, as the love that went to the doing of it.

A life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing. Every day we ought to renew our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day let us make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is nought.