Quotes About Action

Words are pretty, but anyone can talk. Pay attention to the people who perform.

I learned that politicians are not supposed to help people. They simply listen to people, nod their heads painfully, commiserate at proper intervals, promise to do all they can, and then do nothing. It was very instructive. I could probably have enlisted more action from a bleached jellyfish washed ashore in a seasonal storm.

I learned that politicians are not supposed to help people. They simply listen to people, nod their heads painfully, commiserate at proper intervals, promise to do all they can, and then do nothing.

There's no such things as coulda, shoulda, woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.

And what is a futurist? Not a fortune-teller or a soothsayer, not a reader of tea leaves or crystal balls. A futurist is a planner and a doer. Futurists look at trends and innovation. They look for patterns of change. Then they act. Futurists don't just predict the future. They make the future happen.

The great secret is this: it is not enough to have intuitions; we must act on them; we must live them.

I don't always do it, but I like to do it in some cases. I have to decide when to do it.

ideas generate action when they are believed regardless of whether they are true or not in our opinion

Faith isn't what you think, what you 'believe'. It's what you do.

Oh, well, so 'tis, and we must do all that we can to help the poor dears." Fascinated, Katrina asked, "How? We are ladies. What can we do?" "Queen Maud was a lady! And so was Boadicea, and—and the Queen of Sheba! They managed to get things done, and—" "But were not Queen Maud and Boadicea put to death?" "Oh, dear! Were they?" Gwendolyn wrinkled her brow. "You

1. What am I worrying about? "2. What can I do about it?

The way to develop self-confidence, he said, is to do the thing you fear to do and get a record of successful experiences behind you.

three rules to break the worry habit: RULE 1. FIND OUT PRECISELY WHAT IS THE PROBLEM YOU ARE WORRYING ABOUT. RULE 2. FIND OUT THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. RULE 3. DO SOMETHING CONSTRUCTIVE AT ONCE ABOUT SOLVING THE PROBLEM.

I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.

What am I worrying about? What can I do about it?

So I banish about ninety per cent of my worries by taking these four steps: Writing down precisely what I am worrying about. Writing down what I can do about it. Deciding what to do. Starting immediately to carry out that decision.

Writing down precisely what I am worrying about. Writing down what I can do about it. Deciding what to do. Starting immediately to carry out that decision.

L'action semble succéder à la pensée, mais, en réalité, l'action et la pensée se produisent simultanément. En menant une action qui est sous le contrôle de la volonté, nous pouvons indirectement gouverner les sentiments qui échappent à son influence.

Face the facts: Quite worrying; then do something about it!

La acción parece seguir al sentimiento, pero en realidad, acción y sentimiento van juntos y, regulando la acción, que se halla bajo el dominio directo de la voluntad, podemos regular indirectamente el sentimiento, que no lo está".

Get the facts. Analyze the facts. Arrive at a decision—and then act on that decision.

what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

Wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.

21 palavras de Thomas Carlyle que o ajudaram a levar uma vida livre de preocupações: "Nossa principal função não é enxergar o que jaz vagamente a distância, e sim fazer o que está claramente à mão.