Quotes About Action

Boards don't hit back.

A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the opponent expands, I contract; and when he contracts, I expand. And when there is an opportunity, "I" do not hit, "it" hits all by itself.

Never forgive, never forget. Do it once and do it right. You reap what you sow. Plans go to hell as soon as the first shot is fired. Protect and serve. Never off duty.

Pray to God, but row towards shore.

The first and most practical step in getting what one wants in this world is wanting it. One would think that the next step would be expressing what one wants. But it almost never is. It generally consists in wanting it still harder.

and got dressed

He let go of the poker and scrambled away.

Don't just stand there; make something happen.

Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.

So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.

The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.

So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late. - Lee Iacocca

Get all the education you can then go out and do something - do anything.

Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then...do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.

The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.

If I had to sum up in one word the qualities that make a good manager, I'd say that it all comes down to decisiveness.

I guess I have realized that we don't live forever, and that the only time to do what we really want to do is now. This is the thing about a parent's death—especially the second parent's death— suddenly there is no other person standing between you and the great beyond, that darkness, the grave. I know I sound morbid, but it has been such an illuminating insight for me that I have to share it with you. Listen: the time is now. We are the next in line.

Fear not, therefore, to try the mountain-passes. They will kill care, save you from deadly apathy, set you free, and call forth every faculty into vigorous, enthusiastic action.

The ragman is fate, but you bring him to pass. There's never a rag, but you make it, alas!

Virtue is the habit of acting according to wisdom.

So thoughtlessly we sling on our destinies.

No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try.

Are you ready?" Klaus asked finally. "No," Sunny answered. "Me neither," Violet said, "but if we wait until we're ready we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives, Let's go.

Just about everything in this world is easier said than done, with the exception of "systematically assisting Sisyphus's stealthy, cyst-susceptible sister," which is easier done than said.