Quotes About Action

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Knowledge without Use and Expression is a vain thing, bringing no good to its possessor, or to the race. Beware of Mental Miserliness, and express into Action that which you have learned. Study the Axioms and Aphorisms, but practice them also.

El conocimiento que no se usa y expresa es una cosa vana que no aporta ningún bien a su poseedor o a la raza. Guárdense de la tacañería mental y expresen en la acción lo aprendido. Estúdiense los axiomas y aforismos, pero practíquense también.

La posesión del conocimiento, si no va acompañada por una manifestación y una expresión en la acción, es como acaparar metales preciosos: una cosa vana y tonta. El conocimiento, como la riqueza, debe ser usado. La ley del uso es universal, y aquél que la viola sufre por haber entrado en conflicto con las fuerzas naturales." El Kybalión.

The possession of Knowledge, unless accompanied by a manifestation and expression in Action, is like the hoarding of precious metals — a vain and foolish thing. Knowledge, like Wealth, is intended for Use. The Law of Use is Universal, and he who violates it suffers by reason of his conflict with natural forces.

Como línea maestra, Buda aconsejó que evitásemos diez acciones que destruyen nuestra felicidad y la de los demás. Tres de ellas son físicas: matar, robar, y mantener una conducta sexual imprudente o poco aconsejable. Otras cuatro son verbales: mentir, calumniar, insultar, y conversar de un modo frívolo. Y tres son mentales: codiciar las posesiones ajenas, pensar con malicia y mantener visiones erróneas.

Buddhism is less interested in what you do than why you do it your motivation. The mental attitude behind an action is much more important than the action itself. You might appear to outside observers as humble, spiritual and sincere, but if what's pushing you from within is an impure mind, if you're acting out of ignorance of the nature of the path, all your so-called spiritual efforts will lead you nowhere and will be a complete waste of time.

In general, the men of lower intelligence won out. Afraid of their own shortcomings and of the intelligence of their opponents, so that they would not lose out in reasoned argument or be taken by surprise by their quick-witted opponents, they boldly moved into action. Their enemies,on the contrary, contemptuous and confident in their ability to anticipate, thought there was no need to take by action what they could win by their brains.

Men who are capable of real action first make their plans and then go forward without hesitation while their enemies have still not made up their minds.

Think, too, of the great part that is played by the unpredictable in war: think of it now, before you are actually comitted to war. The longer a war lasts, the more things tend to depend on accidents. Neither you nor we can see into them: we have to abide their outcome in the dark. And when people are entering upon a war they do things the wrong way round. Action comes first, and it is only when they have already suffered that they begin to think.

If you have the opportunity to make a moment meaningful, why not take it?

The burden isn't on me to explain it, Rich. The burden's on y'all to fix it. Good luck.

Before Jenna could think, Eric flipped her on her back, hooked his arms behind her

To his credit, he knew this was a terrible idea. To his discredit, he was doing it anyway.

Nice seeing you, Eddie. We must have lunch sometime.' I've always found it curious how many people, when they are clearly in an unrivalled physical and mental state to arrange a lunch or drink, don't do so, but merely say that they should.

I know that if I ever have the audacity to blame fate or God for holding a gun to my temple, I also have the wherewithal to remind myself that if I end up with a hole in my head, I was the one who pulled the trigger.

If you want me you're going to have to come and get me.

She knew it was the right decision, even though she was still scared. Doing nothing would achieve nothing.

That's why the words "Let's go!" are intrinsically courageous. It's the decision to go that is, in itself, entirely intrepid.

A lot of us first aspired to far-ranging travel and exotic adventure early in our teens; these ambitions are, in fact, adolescent in nature, which I find an inspiring idea...Thus, when we allow ourselves to imagine as we once did, we know, with a sudden jarring clarity, that if we don't go right now, we're never going to do it. And we'll be haunted by our unrealized dreams and know that we have sinned against ourselves gravely.

One of man's greatest flaws is assigning far too much importance to what he does.

We don't do good works so we can be saved; we are saved so we can do good works.

The theology that matters is not the theology we profess but the theology we practice.

Our actions don't make us Christians or make us more of a Christian or keep us as Christians—for our union with God is all his work. Our actions do make a difference to our enjoyment of God—for our communion with God (our enjoyment of our union with God) involves a two-way relationship.