Quotes About Action

For every action, there's an infinity of outcomes. Countless trillions are possible, many milliards are likely, millions might be considered probable, several occur as possibilities to us as observers - and one comes true.

Your job is to get villains. Right? You'll have to know what to do. If you don't know, you have to find out. If you can't find out you bloody well make it up and then you make it so.

Come on then," Deeba said. "We haven't got time to waste. You're not the ones who are going to get forgot in a few days' time if you don't phone home.

Let every man sweep the snow from before his own doors, and not busy himself about the frost on his neighbour?s tiles.

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

Before preparing to improve the world, first look around your own home three times.

The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.

Talk doesn't cook rice.

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now.

Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still.

One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked.

Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it.

If you don't have a righteous objective,eventually you will suffer. When you do the right thing for the right reason,the right result awaits.

What kind of power was it if it would never be used?

People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.

The story's power, then, is twofold: It provides simulation (knowledge about how to act) and inspiration (motivation to act).

One way to motivate action, then, is to make people feel as though they're already closer to the finish line than they might have thought.

Studies of the elderly show that people regret not what they did but what they didn't do.

INSIGHT: Defining moments rewire our understanding of ourselves or the world. In a few seconds or minutes, we realize something that might influence our lives for decades: Now is the time for me to start this business.

Relationships don't deepen naturally. In the absence of action, they will stall.

Mother Teresa once said, "If I look at the mass, I will never act. If I look at the one, I will." In

In tough times, the Rider sees problems everywhere, and "analysis paralysis" often kicks in. The Rider will spin his wheels indefinitely unless he's given clear direction. That's why to make progress on a change, you need ways to direct the Rider. Show him where to go, how to act, what destination to pursue. And that's why bright spots are so essential, because they are your best hope for directing the Rider when you're trying to bring about change.

the sequence of change is not ANALYZE-THINK-CHANGE, but

To get the Elephant off its duff, you need to reassure it that the task won't be so bad.