Quotes About Action

To say that all men need the gods therefore is to say, in part at least, that we are the kinds of beings who are at our best when we find ourselves acting in ways that we cannot - and ought not - entirely take credit for.

What we need are critical lovers of America - patriots who express their faith in their country by working to improve it.

L'important c'est d'agiter la vie. On a tout le temps d'être mort! - Yasmina Reza

The time has come for all good men to rise above principle.

Jumping at several small opportunities may get us there more quickly than waiting for one big one to come along.

However aware we are that a certain fate cannot be avoided, we cannot help blaming the person who gets that monster to its feet...and leads it into the room.

What I respect as far as in myself and in others is the spirit of just doing it. For better or worse, it may work and it may not, but I'm going to go for it. Ultimately I probably prefer to be respected for that than whether it works out or not, either winning or losing.

It's a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you're ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now. And you may as well as do it now. Generally speaking, now is as good a time as any.

she wore a Walther TPH .22 automatic in her right hand. The TPH is a pretty little thing. It has a straight blowback action, a six-round box magazine and two-and-a-quarter-inch barrel. It's also utterly useless as a firearm, because unless you can guarantee hitting either the heart or the brain first time, you're only going to annoy the person you're shooting at. For most people, a wet mackerel is the better choice of weapon.

He clambered out of the car, eager to show how quickly he could clamber out of cars, and followed at my shoulder as I strode over to the house.

It's a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you're ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now. And you may as well do it now. Generally speaking, now is as good a time as any.

It's a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you're ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There's almost no such thing as ready. There's only now. And you may as well do it now. I mean, I say that confidently as if I'm about to go bungee jumping or something--I'm not. I'm not a crazed risk taker. But I do think that, generally speaking, now is as good a time as any.

To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward in my actions and not from them.

Sometimes the only way for me to find out what it is I want to do is go ahead and do something. Then the moment I start to act, my feelings become clear.

If the desire to write is not accompanied by actual writing, then the desire is not to write

To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.

If the desire to write is not accompanied by actual writing, then the desire must be not to write.

The heart is a muscle that pumps blood, not sentimentality! I'll do what I please!

Apenas naquilo que o homem faz, segue fazendo, naquilo em que persevera, ele mostra caráter.

Progress is not motivated by money. Progress comes from those who are happy to embark on a course of action without quite knowing where it will lead, without doing a feasibility study, without fear of failure or too much hope of reward.

The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs.

A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.

Freedom is something that dies unless it's used.

Whether things turn out for the better depends on what we do. We ought not spend our time masterminding the future, but recognize our marching orders: to do the best we can for history and the planet.