Quotes About Action

Kids are meeting in coffee shops and basements figuring out what's unsustainable in their communities. That's the future.

Once I get something going well, I'll risk fucking it up just for the action.

But there was this one day when I went out to steal a part for my Porsche—

To dream of success is to set a goal of where you want to be; to wake up, take action, and achieve it is what true success is all about.

You just can't let life happen to you, you have to make life happen.

Three things cannot be retrieved: The arrow once sped from the bow The word spoken in haste The missed opportunity. Ali, the Lion of Islam.

When Fortune knocks, open the door,' they say. But why should one make fortune knock, by keeping the door shut?

Laziness is always your fault. It is the sign that a man has persevered in uselessness for too long.

Learning without action is like wax without honey. (Anwar-i-Suhaili)

Opportunity's precious, and time is a sword.

Why did I do such-and-such a thing?' is all very well. But what about 'How otherwise could I have done it?

Practise your knowledge, for knowledge without practice is a body without life

When the Higher Man does something worthy of admiration, it is an evidence of his Mastership, not the object of it.

action is in fact knowledge in operation. Right action stems from right knowledge. Right knowledge is acquired through the teacher.

Why did I do such-and-such a thing?' is all very well. But what about 'How otherwise could I have done it?'.

The fruit of timidity is neither gain nor loss.

The Sufi is one who does what others do – when it is necessary. He is also one who does what others cannot do – when it is indicated.

But the Sufis work IN the world, and therefore WITH 'things of the world'.

Put your dough into the oven when it is hot: After making sure that it is in fact dough.

Tres cosas Tres cosas no pueden recuperarse: La flecha una vez que ha partido del arco La palabra dicha precipitadamente La oportunidad perdida. (Alí el León, Califa del Islam, yerno del profeta Mahoma)

Sufism is, in operation, pragmatic.

La verdadera generosidad es anónima hasta tal punto que un hombre debería estar incluso preparado para ser considerado tacaño antes que tener que explicar sus acciones a otros.

El Sufi es uno que obra como los demás, cuando es necesario. Es también uno que hace lo que los otros no pueden, cuando es lo indicado.

Conocimiento sin acción es como cera sin miel.