Quotes About Action

Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.

It's tough not to keep thinking of the past, but you have to look ahead. Because the stuff in front of you is where you can make a difference and help the most.

La valentía no es la ausencia de miedo, Pablo, sino el atreverse a hacer lo que uno tiene que hacer a pesar

creen que lo que ellos hagan sí puede contribuir a mejorar nuestro mundo y el de aquellas generaciones que nos sucederán.

La aceptación impulsa a la acción, a la toma de responsabilidad, a ser uno plenamente consciente de que sí que es capaz de dar una respuesta a lo sucedido.»

Hay que lograr que se despierte en los demás la vergüenza de sí mismos, que se sustituya en ellos la autodefensa por el autoasco. El día en que el uruguayo sienta asco de su propia pasividad, ese día se convertirá en algo útil.

There are things that have to be done and you do them and you never talk about them. You don't try to justify them. They can't be justified. You just do them. Then you forget it.

Food choices are about your future and that of your children. They are about nothing less than democracy in action.

All the action adventure girls have red hair," he said. "Whenever it is an independent girl, not a sidekick person, when she has her own mind or does as good as the guys, she has red hair.

Some people don't realize there are inevitable wars that just have to be fought. Pacifism isn't always noble, and it isn't always intelligent. You have to stand up for some things in this world.

Details are extremely important. A story without details is like an action movie without special effects.

that simply teaching doctrine or preaching on a matter does not equate to actual ministry. Further engagement is required.

Many people never see God part the Jordan River in their lives because their feet are firmly planted on dry ground. We're waiting for God to make a move while God is waiting for us to make a move. We say to God, "Why don't you part this river?" And God says to us, "Why don't you get your feet wet?" But if you make a move, you'll see God move. And He can move heaven and earth.

When Christianity turns into a noun, it becomes a turnoff. Christianity was always intended to be a verb. And, more specifically, an action verb. The title of the book of Acts says it all, doesn't it? It's not the book of Ideas or Theories or Words. It's the book of Acts. If the twenty-first-century church said less and did more, maybe we would have the same kind of impact the first-century church did.

Most God-ordained dreams die because we are not willing to do something that seems illogical

Even choosing to do nothing is still making a choice.

Dr. Neal Roese makes a fascinating distinction between two types of regret: regrets of action and regrets of inaction.

What if you quit making excuses, quit playing it safe, and quit hedging your bets?

You cannot be the hands and feet of Jesus if you're sitting on your butt.

fail. But I also believe this: One bold prayer can accomplish more than a thousand well-laid plans. So go ahead and plan, but make sure you circle your plans in prayer. If your plans aren't birthed in prayer and bathed in prayer, they won't succeed.

If you let fear dictate your decisions, you will live defensively, reactively, cautiously. Living by faith is playing offense with your life.

You can't make a difference without making waves, and some people in the boat won't like it. So be it. Rock the boat anyway.

At the end of your life, your greatest regret won't be the things you did but wish you hadn't. Your greatest regret will be the things you didn't do but wish you had.

We talk about "doing" the will of God, but the will of God has much more to do with "being" than "doing.