Quotes About Action

Too many people fail to answer opportunity's knock at the door because they have to finish some preconceived plan.

Complaining doesn't butter the biscuit" -Agatha Swanburne

The difference between a dream and a plan is a to-do list.

National sovereignty is not a license to commit crimes against humanity or genocide. The Rohingya and all of Myanmar's people, in fact the entire world, is looking at you to take action.

The energy of our every thought, action, or word, once it has been projected, lasts eternally without disappearing.

Humanity knows nothing at all. There is no intrinsic value in anything, and every action is a futile, meaningless effort.

Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better.

The man of sensibility is too busy talking about his feelings to have time for good deeds.

Faith moves mountains but you have to keep pushing while you are praying.

The discipline of action, then, is concerned with learning how to properly act in the world, both toward ourselves and toward others.

Haz el mejor uso posible de lo que está en tu poder, y toma el resto como acontezca

For Christians, the term "faith" designates not a formal assent to a belief, but rather an act of trust and commitment to a way of envisioning our world, and exploring its implications for thought and action.

Broadly speaking, all of the philosophical and religious schools extant in India, other than the Charvaka (materialist skeptic) and Abrahamic ones, shared a belief in the mechanism of karma, that one's actions in earlier lives affected both one's rebirth as well as the events that are to occur in one's future lives.

Jains, in contrast, believe that karma is a physical particle that floats about and is attracted to sentient beings, depending on their actions and their intentions.

It is also about keeping in mind what is and what is not under our control, focusing our efforts on the former and not wasting them on the latter. It is about practicing virtue and excellence and navigating the world to the best of our abilities, while being mindful of the moral dimension of all our actions.

Cicero concluded that "the actual hitting of the mark [is] to be chosen but not to be desired,

These are often referred to as the three Stoic disciplines: desire, action, and assent.

The way to overcome fear is simply to do what is right.

Regulate your mind. Do not worry excessively about the future. If you have done everything that has to be done, the future will take care of itself.

Courage is the difference between success and failure. You must have this attitude, this is the right thing to do, so let's do it.

Morpheus There's a difference between knowing the path, and walking the path.

A golden opportunity may turn into silver if you wait too long to take advantage of it.

A man who folds his arms cannot move mountains.

Breaking down a closed door is quicker than waiting for someone to answer it.