Quotes About Action

What was independence but a word? What did any form of government matter? Freedom: to do what?

He heard a rushing of feet and a great terrible voice calling 'All hands, all hands ahoy! Out or down! Out or down! Rouse and bitt! Rise and shine! Show a leg there! Out or down! Here I come, with a sharp knife and a clear conscience!

Sometimes you receive a knock in action: it may be your death-wound or just a scratch

Lord Nelson's maxim 'Never mind manoeuvres: always go straight at 'em.

In times of stress Jack Aubrey had two main reactions: he either became aggressive or he became amorous; he longed either for the violent catharsis of action or for that of making love. He loved a battle: he loved a wench.

The long pause before action was always hard to bear, but now in a few seconds everything would vanish but for the living instant – no sadness, no time for fear.

Quick's the word and sharp's the action.

Too many people spend too much time trying to perfect something before they actually do it. Instead of waiting for perfection, run with what you go, and fix it along the way…

It's better to regret what you have done than what you haven't.

DO IT, THEN FIX IT AS YOU GO.

Don't look for the next opportunity. The one you have in hand is the opportunity.

how could any young man merely sit back and wait for divine justice to take its course? It was asking the impossible.

Fear is never healthy in an organization. It doesn't encourage positive action; instead it destroys motivation and productivity, and undermines your confidence and morale.

La juventud no está hecha para el placer, sino para el heroísmo

Only fools and criminals didn't know why they did things.

Most nice people know what is bad in this world, and they feel horrible for those who are wounded and broken. But they don't have the guts to act in any meaningful way.

cynicism enables you to do nothing but feel morally superior to those who are doing something good but imperfect in an imperfect

And we finally come to a more mature place in our faith and realize what Bonhoeffer knew: "Being a Christian is less about cautiously avoiding sin than about courageously and actively doing God's will." We

what we call valorous niceness is often cowardly and sinful passivity in disguise.

The word peacemaker does not imply pacifism. It does not refer to those who do not fight, but those who actively bring conflict to an end.

If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

God loves a spirited woman who does more than sit with her hands folded as the world crumbles.

There's plenty about my life I can't change. Can't bring the dead back to life on this earth. Can't make the world loving and kind. Can't change myself into a millionaire. But a patch of ground in this trashy lot -- I can change that. Can change it big. Better to put my time into that than moaning about the other all day.

When in doubt - wash!