Quotes About Action

A label doesn't make something so. A label is just a word. It's what a person does that makes them who they are

BE RIGHT OR WRONG, don't be indifferent, don't be NOTHING.

Don't cry about what you see that you don't like, work at it.

Courage is being afraid - and going ahead, anyway.

Evil is done by the living.

What should I be doing right now?" is a question that feels more urgent than ever.

He explained that ethics are the principles or rules for how we act in the world... 'The thing is, it doesn't matter whether or not (she) had it coming... What does matter is your behavior, not hers. Your ethics, not hers. The way you conduct yourself, not the way she conducts herself... We all must learn to act, not react.

Happiness is about doing something good in this world," She says finally. "It comes to finding what you we're meant to do, and doing it.

I believe that good people often do nothing because they cannot do everything. Because we are led to believe that our contribution is insignificant, we fail to contribute at all. But changing the world does not require that you possess the power to halt global injustice at the snap of fingers. Lao Tzu, philosopher and founder of Taoism, said that "a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Promise little and do much.

I'd rather regret the things I've done than the things I haven't done. —Lucille Ball

Everybody has to look at his or her own footprint and do the best they can. It's not about being perfect, it's about doing something. If we're looking for perfection, we'll never, ever get there.

Whenever we reach an unexpected barrier in the way of honoring our souls' truth through action, it is essential to dust ourselves off and keep flying toward our dreams.

Turning points are not something we can fake through action. They come after long--often dark--periods of work and preparation. But when they do, it's as if all the energies of the universe coalesce and we know, deep within our hearts, we are ready to do whatever it takes to follow the soul's call.

What is worth doing is worth merely beginning. —Mackapee's Principles for Community

You know, it is a little known fact that thinking is entirely overrated. The world would be a much better place if we all did a lot less of it.

Thomas Szasz, writing in The Manufacture of Madness, points out that this "human tendency to embrace collective error—especially error that threatens harm and commands specific protective action—seems to be an integral part of man's social nature.

Wishes run over in loquacious impotence, will presses on with laconic energy.

Who gives is positive; who receives is negative; still there remains an immense class of mere passives.

Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action to all eternity.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Turning something into a ritual eliminates the question, Why am I doing this?

he was supposed to be reading, but it was impossible. She had done something

We do some things because we should, whether it feels good or not. Nonetheless, doing what we should ought not necessarily feel bad.