Quotes About Action

Our words-backed with action-have the power to heal.

It should go without saying that any cause is better served by doing something well than by doing it badly... In fact, it is better to do nothing for the cause at all than to do something that reflects badly on it... So the first principle of responsible activism should not be "Do something." Instead, one should take a page from medical ethics and "First, do no harm." (Harm to the cause, that is.)

each individual should do his duty, regardless of consequences. We know the right thing to do, but we do not know the consequences of doing the right thing. Thus one should act according to knowledge of duty, not conjectures about consequences. One should do one's duty to the utmost and let the, gods sort out the results. And I believed that my duty is to fight That is the ethic of a movement that can save the world.

Don't trust the right thing, done for the wrong reason. The 'why' of a thing—that's the foundation.

you have to leave something behind to go forward -Newton's Third Law of Motion

You're bored. Two weeks without someone trying to kill us and you're bored out of your mind. Leia to Han

He couldn't control what he felt, but he could certainly control what he DID.

He will not force you to share your faith, but He will prompt you. And when you take that step of faith, He will empower and use you.

Trust in Allah, but tie up your camel.' Sign in Skardu

John Kotter in Leading Change says that a primary reason why change does not occur is that there is no sense of urgency.

Leadership is about instilling urgency.

You get them to the main gate, don't stop until you're outside," Bell tells her, then turns, directing his words at the others. "You understand? All of you, follow Lilac. Follow Lilac. Don't stop. Run." "Lily runs," the girl says softly. "Lilac dances." "Not today," Lilac says. "Today, we run so fast that Lily won't believe it when we tell her. Right?" The girl nods, wide-eyed.

THERE WERE four of them in the fire-team, and because shouting out things like, "FN-twenty-one eighty-seven, watch your back!" was a mouthful, especially when the blaster fire was searing the air around them, they'd defaulted to shorter versions.

The world doesn't get better on its own. It gets better because people make it better: penny by penny, vote by vote, and one lesson at a time. So: Start where you are. Use what you have. Help who you can.

A single bad decision can open a world of lamentable consequences.

Key 6: We have all the power we need to create all the changes we choose!

different intentions produced different effects

Every move we make in fear of the next war in fact hastens it.

Live in the moment, just do it - those are phrases thrown around by people who don't know what they mean. Just do it - it's idiotic. You could slap that slogan on a picture of Hitler and it would make as much sense. He did it, all right.

Solvitur ambulando, St. Jerome was fond of saying. To solve a problem, walk around.

Shakespearean tragedy is neither ancient history nor fairy tale. Perhaps to express this is the most important thing. In which period does the action of the play take place? It is in that past which can become the future.

An important lever for sustained action in tackling poverty and reducing hunger is money.

We don't need to be perfect to do good deeds in the world, but we need to be sincere in our efforts.

The worst possible approach to a problem is waiting until it becomes overwhelming or irreversible, and that is exactly what many people do. They put dealing with stress on the backburner until they start to experience all the worst symptoms of stress, and by then, it may be too late!