Quotes About Action

A man generally has two reasons for doing a thing. One that sounds good, and a real one.

It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they shall have is not ours to rule.

So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it.

It is perfectly obvious that the whole world is going to hell. The only possible chance that it might not is that we do not attempt to prevent it from doing so.

When you see something technically sweet you go ahead and do it, and you argue about what to do about it, only after you have achieved success.

How long will you wait for the right time to come? The right time is now and the right place is here.

I can't help it," I said at last, "I'm a born lever-puller.

A commitment to human rights cannot be fostered simply through the transmission of knowledge. Action and experience play a crucial role in the learning process.

When one takes action for others, one's own suffering is transformed into the energy that can keep one moving forward a light of hope illuminating a new tomorrow for oneself and others is kindled.

Present effects are due to karmic causes from the past. However, future effects arise from the causes we make in the present. It is always the present that counts.

It is senseless to blame others or your environment for your miseries. Change begins from the moment you muster the courage to act. When you change, the environment will change. The power to change the world is found nowhere but within our own life.

True leaders are those who can offer appropriate advice based on their own rich experience, not people who just give orders and are all words and no substance. Leaders are first people of action who lead by personal example. They are not people who merely occupy some status or position. Leaders are people of hard work, not people of tactics and maneuvering. Above all, they are not authoritarians.

Karmic reward from the past" refers to our present life state, which is the result of past actions or causes created through our own words, thoughts, and deeds.

Dont do today what you could put off till tomorrow.

In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.

If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.

If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.

Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.

If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.

Knowledge isn't power until it is applied.