Quotes About Action

There is at least one important work to be done that will not be done unless you do it.

If you want to see the consequences of ideas, write a story. If you want to see the consequences of belief, write a story in which somebody is acting on the ideas or beliefs that she has.

When you say, "I fucked up," the action retains its meaning, its sordid origin, its obscenity, and its poetry. Poetry is quite compatible with obscenity.

There is such a thing as the poetry of a mistake, and when you say, "Mistakes were made," you deprive an action of its poetry, and you sound like a weasel.

It was a perfect day to rob a bank.

Before a battle or a landing, you get a little nervous tension. Once the shooting starts it goes away. You don't have time to think. You just do what you have to do. After the battle it sinks in. We took the Germans by

Only in the movies or comic books do people say they want you to go and hit somebody. All they ever say is that they want you to go straighten a matter out. They say they want you to do whatever you've got to do to straighten a matter out.

There's a huge difference between stating that you have a problem and are going to do something about it, and stating that you have a problem and are "powerless" to do anything about it.

Knowledge without follow-through is worse than no knowledge at all. because if you're guessing and it doesn't work out you can just say, shit, the gods are against me. but if you know and don't do, you've got attics and dark halls in your mind to walk up and down in and wonder about. this ain't healthy, leads to unpleasant evenings, too much to drink and the shredding machine.

He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place.

We often regret we did not do otherwise, when that very otherwise would, in all probability, have done for us.

It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.

Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.

What we do flows from who we are.

There are many wonderful things that will never be done if you do not do them.

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

The perfection preached in the Gospels never yet built up an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be forgiven him, indeed, they will be regarded as high qualities, if he can make of them the means to achieve great ends.

a hand, a look and a nice pan. (coup de main, coup d'oeil et belle casserole.)"

a seed and a glove, symbol of his action and his work. (une graine et un gant, symbole de son action et son travail.)"

But if the rooster crows, this is not for the farmer. (Mais si le coq a chanté, - Ce n'est pas pour le fermier.)

Collecting stones does not make fruits. (Des pierres - Cueillir - N'en fait - Des fruits)

Oysters speaking doesn't give a pearl. (Les huîtres qui parlent n'ont pas de perle)

The cover letter is seen by our actions. (La lettre de motivation se voit par nos actions)"

Change begins at home