Quotes About Action

A non-doer is very often a critic-that is, someone who sits back and watches doers, and then waxes philosophically about how the doers are doing. It's easy to be a critic, but being a doer requires effort, risk, and change.

Don't pole-vault over mouse truds - by the time you've discussed the many options available to you, the problem itself could have been long behind you had you simply disposed of those rodent droppings with a simple tissue and dumped them into the garbage!

Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.

Do not give attention to what others do or fail to do; give attention to what you do or fail to do

Remember that every use of force, even the smallest, creates a counterforce.

Não é a injustiça que conta, é o que você faz a respeito dela.

If your life is better, it is because you have done something constructive to make it better.

It is easy to be a critic, but being a doer requires effort, risk and change.

when the greatness of the Tao (God) is present, action arises from one's heart;

Opinions are of very little value by themselves. It is only what we do with them that makes any difference in the world.

When you see the world as full of opportunities to help, one thought and one action at a time, you'll be living by your inner light.

El antepasado de toda acción es el pensamiento».

Attempting to do something, even if it doesn't succeed, is inspiring because we don't tend to regret what we do, we regret what we didn't do. Even following a futile attempt, we're inspired because we know that we gave it a shot. It's wondering whether we should or shouldn't try something that leaves us feeling stressed and incomplete.

avoid procrastination and just begin from where we are, right here, right now.

When action is pure and selfless, everything settles into its own perfect place.

There you have the deferrer's delight. As long as you say maybe, or hope, or wish, you can use these as a rationale for not doing anything now. All wishing and hoping are a waste of time—the folly of fairyland residents.

work at what you are for rather than what you are against. If you're against violence and hatred, you'll fight it with your own brand of violence and hatred. If you're for love and peace, you'll bring those energies to the presence of violence, and ultimately dissolve the hatred.

infinite possibilities are available if you follow a pertinent sequence of creative action.

Putting it off as a way of life is one technique that you can use to avoid doing. A non-doer is very often a critic, that is, someone who sits back and watches doers, and then waxes philosophically about how the doers are doing. It is easy to be a critic, but being a doer requires effort, risk and change.

He stays a witness to life, so he endures. Serve the needs of others, and all your own needs will be fulfilled. Through selfless action, fulfillment is attained.

knew that one person with a conscience could make a difference and I was that person. Why not?

If we are told that God is love, then we shouldn't just say it in our place of worship during a ceremonial weekly religious service. We must live it.

Be a doer, not a wisher, hoper or critic.

wu-wei, or "not forcing," which means to take the line of least resistance in all of one's actions, and by doing so, create more strength.