Quotes About Action

We need the courage to start and continue what we should do, and courage to stop what we shouldn't do.

Courage is the decision to fly straight into the flame while knowing the consequences.

Courage is a function of process.

The only rule is, do what you really, impulsively, wish to do. But always act on your own responsibility, sincerely. And have the courage of your own strong emotion.

True courage scorns to vent her prowess in a storm of words; and to the valiant action speaks alone.

Moses became Americas true founding father because he evangelized action; he justified risk. He gave ordinary people the courage to live with uncertainty.

Many people think passion is a fuzzy feeling that makes taking action effortless. In fact, it's the gritty courage and tenacity to forge onward.

Courage is doing something despite the fear, and I've worked hard on being a courageous person.

The only wrong thing, perhaps, is permanently hesitating on the verge of courage.

Courage, contrary to popular belief, is not the absence of fear. Courage is the wisdom to act in spite of fear.

Saba used to say there was a difference between bravery and courage. Bravery was doing something dangerous without thinking. Courage was walking into danger, knowing full well the risks.

Everybody's frightened a bit. But how many of us just go through the fear and do it anyway?

Courage is heartworth making itself felt in deeds. It never waits for chances; it makes chances.

So to feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end...and a courage-fit will very likely replace the fit of fear.

You won't take risk without courage.

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. –Aristotle

To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.

There is plenty of courage among us for the abstract but not for the concrete.

Whatever you do you need courage. ... To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage which a soldier needs.

Perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what we would be capable of with the world looking on.

Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.

It feels like people talk a lot, in their relationships and in therapy. But my family wasn't like that. My dad wasn't and I wasn't. Things were said, but via the language of action.

My dad said I did the right thing. I hope I did, but it's hard to tell sometimes.

And like my dad always said, the first step is always the hardest.