Quotes About Action

Any one could write a book," said the taxi driver. "Yes, they could, but they DON'T," said Maeve Binchy

Stop thinking like Alice in Wonderland, Celia told herself sternly. You're a grown-up, it's no use shutting your eyes, wishing things would happen

It's what people do is important, not what they say or feel.

I find that a decision to do something leaves me free, while a decision not to do something only leaves me surrounded with undone things and endless, exasperating chances of changing my mind.

I find that a decision to do something leaves me free, while a decision not to do something only leaves me surrounded with undone things and endless, exasperating chances of changing my mind. p.175 from "Giving Money in the Street

We must pursue what's in front of us, not what we can't have or what we have lost. We must grasp what we can reach and hold on, fast.

Together, they will see to the girl, lift down the pallet, give her the medicine. They will take this matter in hand.

Later, and for the rest of her life, she will think that if she had left there and then, if she had gathered her bags, her plants, her honey, and taken the path home, if she had heeded her abrupt, nameless unease, she might have changed what happened next. If she had left her swarming bees to their own devices, their own ends, instead of working to coax them back into their hives, she might have headed off what was coming.

It's just cool for a girl to be able to do her own thing. I do a lot of movies, and I'm very lucky, and I'm not complaining. But in movies, alongside big action men, we've always got to take a step back and let the men shine.

Death comes, and makes a man his prey, A man whose powers are yet unspent; Like one on gathering flowers intent, Whose thoughts are turned another way. Begin betimes to practise good, Lest fate surprise thee unawares Amid thy round of schemes and cares; To-morrow?s task to-day conclude.*

Just as the track of birds that cleave the air Is not discovered, nor yet the path of fish That skim the water, so the course of those Who do good actions is not always seen.

If we think of defeat, that's what we will get. If we are undecided then nothing will happen for us. We must just pick something great to do, and then do it. Never think of failure at all, for as we think now, that's what we will get.

If we think of defeat, that is what we will get. If we are undecided, nothing will happen to us. We must just pick something great to do and do it. Never do we think of failure at all, for as we think now, that is what we will get.

The effect was mistaken for the cause. Right action came to be regarded as a means to gain Nirv??a, whereas right action is in fact the result of this state of consciousness in freedom.

Almost anything you do is insignificant, But it is very important that you do it.

We must become the change we want to see.

The future depends on what we do in the present.

Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.

You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing there will be no result.

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.

Be the change that you wish to see in the world."

Be the change we wish to see in the world

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

Our enemies can deal a blow to us any time they wish. They did not wait for permission to do this. They do not deal a blow with prior notice. They do not take action because they can't.