Quotes About Action

You have got to shoot, otherwise you can't score.

The only way to do is just to go for it, otherwise it ends up looking phoney.

We can't afford to sacrifice another generation of American children to bureaucratic politics. We've got to get it done. The future, the health, the life - our nation depends on it and it's just foolish to think or act otherwise.

If the law is a bad law, there is always the contingent right to take action that you would not otherwise take.

Let men decide firmly what they will not do, and they will be free to do vigorously what they ought to do.

I'm old fashioned. I'm not one of these young guys who think they are so smart that they can prescribe what humanity ought to do. Humanity never learns any lessons. Prescriptions don't matter. We already know exactly what to do. We just don't do it.

We give the military money, it ought to be to kick rears, break things, and come home.

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

We should be on the forefront on this focus on justice, and do all we can to care about our community, to care about our society, and to make our communities a much better place.

God doesn't want us to merely sit around dreaming about things we can do and be. That's a good place to start, but a poor place to stop. God wants us to turn our dreams into action.

With every little bit of change we make in our lives, we can maximize that small change simply by asking ourselves: 'What's next? What can I do now? What additional responsibility can I take on?'

Our people were very restive, saying that they could not sit under that notice, and that if the National Board did not call them out soon they would go out of themselves.

We play politics for the good of our people.

The things I do, I do from the heart and out of love and respect for our planet and all living things. And I draw my courage from my love for justice and truth, and I calm my fears by comforting those who are more scared than me. And I try to do my best to make the world a better place, one small action at a time, as good as I can.

Since sixth grade, I've been learning that the climate is deteriorating and the planet is dying, and it is up to us to keep our planet safe.

Approaching life through '40 Chances' gives reasons to hope and actions to take, and it offers fresh approaches that our world desperately needs.

We do not have to accept the world as we find it. And we have a responsibility to leave our world a better place and never walk by on the other side of injustice.

Our world desperately needs real leadership.

The right is ours. Have it we must. Use it we will.

Ours is a country where anything can be accomplished if enough people get angry... because, in America, we act on our collective anger.

We need to step up because our past generations did their jobs; we now need to do ours.

We all face crossroads in our lives where we can retreat into ourselves, or we can hit the dance floor.

If we want a great nation, we have to change it ourselves.

Your job is to inspire people from your neighborhood to get out.