Quotes About Action

The Truths of War are absolute, but the principles governing their application have to be deduced on each occasion from the circumstances, which are always different; and in consequence no rules are any guide to action. Study of the past is invaluable as a means of training and storing the mind, but it is no help without selective discernment of the particular facts and of their emphasis, relation and proportion.

The veils of the future are lifted one by one, and mortals must act from day to day.

I lived in fact from mouth to hand.

The great impediment to action is not discussion, but the want of that knowledge which is gained by discussion preparatory to action.'—PERICLES.

Each human act has countless causes. The author works to reveal these causes.

It was too late to retreat - the world exists only because it is always too late to retreat.

Niemcy przyjechali z Opatowa — rzeczywiÅ›cie wida? byÅ'o ludzi przed stajniÄ… — i, ju? apoplektyczny, popÄ™dziÅ', za nim ?ona, za nimi Fryderyk, który myÅ›laÅ' mo?e, ?e bÄ™dzie mógÅ' siÄ™ przyda?, znajÄ…c dobrze niemiecki.

Nie, Kancie! Twoja Krytyka, cho?by najbardziej Å›cisÅ'a i najgÅ'Ä™bsza, w siódmych potach pisana, nie wystarczy. SiekierÄ™ zÅ'ap! ZÅ'ap, mówiÄ™, siekierÄ™, wpadnij z siekierÄ… i ciach, na prawo i lewo, dzieci i kobiety, mÅ'odzie? i robotników, i w ogóle wszystkich, tak, wszystkich i wszystkich!... TÄ™pienie gÅ'upoty nie mo?e odbywa? siÄ™ tylko na papierze!

Rums, wie die Fliege

Trusting God is not by what you read or know...It is by doing what you have learned from His Word, Bible.

Standing in a garage no more makes you a car than standing in a church makes you a Christian.

And my parents finally realize I'm kidnapped and they snap into action immediately: They rent out my room.

In perpetrating a revolution, there are two requirements: someone or something to revolt against and someone to actually show up and do the revolting. Dress is usually casual and both parties may be flexible about time and place, but if either faction fails to attend, the whole enterprise is likely to come off badly.

Las cosas no se dicen, se hacen, porque al hacerse se dicen solas!.

A team of horses cannot overtake a word that has left the mouth.

If you want to have a future, don't do anything with no future in it.

In all circumstances, what you believe determines your actions. Your actions determine your future. The choice of how you live and what becomes of you is in your own hands.

Y a mí me gusta un hombre y zas: se chinga todo.

Los pendejos negocian discutiendo, quienes realmente quieren lo que quieren se callan el hocico y ponen manos a la obra.

Estas cosas si las pensás, no las hacés, y si las hacés, ¿Ya para qué pensás?

In heaven's name, let us not wait for other people to come to us and call upon us to do great deeds. Let us instead be the first to summon the rest to a path of honor.

Let No One Fall Idle  

If an army is to win through to victory, it has to spend all its time helping itself or hurting its foe. Therefore, an army should never be idle.

Seize the Unexpected Opportunity   In