Quotes About Action

Only dumb people try to impress smart people. Smart people just do what they do.

I do what I can do when I can do it.

Prepare, take advice, read the books, then do it your way.

Swing those lightsabers, boys.

You know, Dean said, gesturing with his uninjured hand. If we were in an action movie, this would be the scene where you tenderly dress my wounds. then the wailing guitar ballad would kick in and we'd end up rolling around on the bed in a slow motion montage. If I were in Q, The Winged Serpent, Xochi replied, this would be the scene where I sacrifice you to Quetzalcoatl.

Darf der Mensch wohl alles tun, was recht ist, oder muß er sich damit begnügen, daß nur alles recht ist, was er tut?

The pessimist waits for better times, and expects to keep on waiting; the optimist goes to work with the best that is at hand now, and proceeds to create better times.

If you would serve God and be truly religious, do not kneel before God, but learn to walk with God, and do something tangible every day to increase the happiness of mankind. This is religion that is worthwhile, and it is such religion alone that can please the Infinite.

Our destiny is not mapped out for us by some exterior power; we map it out for ourselves. What we think and do in the present determines what shall happen to us in the future.

The true optimist not only expects the best to happen, but goes to work to make the best happen. The true optimist not only looks upon the bright side, but trains every force that is in him to produce more and more brightness in his life….

That person who declares that there is always something wrong is always doing something to make things wrong.

History is a product of human agency, not blind fate.

Practically all knowledge resolves itself into four forms: the knowledge of what to do, how to do, and when to do, and of what not to do.

Example has more followers than reason.

La debolezza sta nel non agire al momento opportuno.

False modesty is as bad as false pride. Know exactly what you are capable of at any moment, and act accordingly. Any other path is folly—and could be deadly in battle.

You can only act on what you do know. What your heart and your head and your gut tell you is right.

She pauses, hand on her hip. "Yes,

Sometimes it's more terrible and more stupid to sit, paralyzed, as events slip past you. A certain kind of guardian angel must watch over fools as they rush in.

Pray as if all things depend on God, and work as if all things depend on you.

Only those who row the boat make waves

It was like living with a bad action movie, all excitement and motion, and no character development.

Solve the problems you have, not the ones you imagine.

I do what I can the moment I can.