Quotes About Action

Make more than dust.

your life isn't out there waiting, so don't think all you have to do is find it and get it. no, your life is right here. and, yeah, it sucks. lives usually do. so if you want things to change, you don't need to get a life. you need to get off your ass.

If we actually thought about every decision we made, we'd be paralyzed ... You have to decide which decisions you're actually going to make, and then you have to let the rest of them go.

Don't do it for the sake of doing it, but don't wait for a fantasy either.

We vote every time we make a choice. We vote with our lives.

It was, I thought, a simple equation: You find the right person. You do the right things. And from that, everything goes right.

I don't know what good I could do. None of us does. That doesn't let us off the hook.

I need to be doing something, because doing nothing is just as harmful as facing danger head-on.

I'm insane. But I tell them this. I tell them to consider blessings. The thing about blessings is that they aren't just delivered to you. There is some mystery to their appearance, but once they're in your reach, you have to do something for them.

Because you also want to be on the other side of the window, living life instead of just thinking about it.

There's no such thing as ready,' she says. 'There's only willing.

like you can just drive to a store and get a life

i'm sure it's going to be a total disaster. but i guess the point is that i'm going to do it anyway.

I wanted love to conquer all. But love can't conquer anything. It can't do anything on it's own. It relies on us to the conquering on its behalf.

I want love to conquer all. But love can't anything. It can't do anything in its own. It relies on us to do the conquering on its behalf.

living life instead of just thinking about it.

And once again I think about how people use the devil as an alias for the things they fear. The cause and effect is backward. The devil doesn't make anyone do anything. People just do things and blame the devil after.

What we are saying is that we did see. And what did we do? We acted blind, and we moved on. That is not the gospel.

We do not start as dust. We do not end as dust. We make more than dust. That's all we ask of you. Make more than dust

There is a fervent joy in taking action. There is a non-abstract importance in what we are doing. The balance between right and wrong is always in question, and the only way to ensure we tip toward justice is to make sure our weight is firmly planted on the side of right. We are driving down to add our weight to the scale. We are singing because voices add as much weight as bodies do -A

But there are moments—either in your own life or the life of the world around you—when an event looks you right in the eye and says: This is important. What are you going to do?

Want costs you nothing, unless you try to spend it.

That's all we ask of you. Make more than dust.

Psychotics, say what you want about them, tend to make the first move.