Quotes About Action

Let's make justice a process, not an afterthought

Failure taught him that he could have made the right choice. I could have tried.

Pray as if you possess no will. Work as if everything depends on you.

Nothing changes until people decide to do the things they must, in order to bring about peace.

There's a place between passivity and violence. I'll meet you there.

When you're silent, your silence condones it. Thus, whatever you believe in goes down the drain.

Sometimes miracles happen in this world simply because good people take action and decide to do something, and never give up.

Don't stand back with your arms folded step forward... There is hope and light to resist injustice and promote peace without violence.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

A canter is the cure for all evil.

People know what they do; frequently they know why they do what they do; but what they don't know is what what they do does.

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

Hey, you wanna hear my philosophy of life? Do it to him before he does it to you.

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

Never wait for tomorrow, what if tomorrow never comes?

After all, it's what we've done that makes us what we are.

One has to reap the fruits of his karma. The law of karma is inevitable and is accepted by all the great philosophies of the world: 'As you sow, so shall you reap.'

Who but the Atman is capable of removing the bonds of ignorance, passion and self-interested action?

Tao invariably takes no action, and yet there is nothing left undone.

Here's my philosophy in life: If there's a fire, you put it out. If there's a flood, you fill sandbags and you build a dike. You roll up your sleeves and you get to work.

Moving ahead, so life won't pass me by.

Philosophy must never be divorced from action. Unless it is put into practice, philosophy is nothing more than an intellectual game.