Quotes About Action

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

We identify in our experience a differentiation between what we do and what happens to us.

Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.

It is not enough for us to restrain from doing evil, unless we shall also do good.

We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us thru that darkness to a safe and sane future.

I got in trouble in film school at USC because one of my Super-8 movies there, in the first semester, involved a snowmobile chase scene. I made an action scene, and they were like, 'That wasn't what you were supposed to be doing.'

I've got a pen and I've got a phone - and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward.

Use it or lose it.

We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.

When you believe in what you're doing and use your imagination and initiative, you can make a difference.

The world is in your hands, now use it.

If you believe something needs to exist, if it's something you want to use yourself, don't let anyone ever stop you from doing it.

Politicians must be simple and clear about how their ideas will serve the national cause. We can no longer use the complexity of today's problems as an excuse for inaction, rhyme or rhetoric that does not meet the challenges before us.

When shooting in the dark, it is a good idea to use a machine gun.

The farthest place on earth is the hour that is just over. Make the best use of the hour that has just begun!

Freedom is something that dies unless it's used.

Prayer is good: but when used as a substitute for obedience, it is naught but a blatant hypocrisy, a despicable Pharisaism.

My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing.

A lot of people do impulsive things. They just go with their moves. I used to do that. Once I was able to control my mind, I was able to control my actions.

Most consequential choices involve shades of gray, and some fog is often useful in getting things done.

If they want to write about me in a good way, they should write how I do things that are useful.

'He means well' is useless unless he does well.

Newman's first law: It is useless to put on your brakes when you're upside down.

I believe that contentment or any sustained period of joy that doesn't inspire thought that leads to action almost immediately is useless.