Quotes About Action

If we really want to live, we'd better start at once to try; If we don't, it doesn't matter, but we'd better start to die.

Enjoyment appears at the boundary between boredom and anxiety, when the challenges are just balanced with the person's capacity to act.

It is when we act freely, for the sake of the action itself rather than for ulterior motives, that we learn to become more than what we were.

Few things are sadder than encountering a person who knows exactly what he should do, yet cannot muster enough energy to do it. "He who desires but acts not," wrote Blake with his accustomed vigor, "Breeds pestilence.

It is better to look suffering straight in the eye, acknowledge and respect it's presence, and then get busy as soon as possible focusing on things we choose to focus on.

Few things are sadder than encountering a person who knows exactly what he should do, yet cannot muster enough energy to do it.

It is when we act freely, for the sake of the action itself rather than for ulterior motives, that we learn to become more than what we were. When we choose a goal and invest ourselves in it to the limits of concentration, whatever we do will be enjoyable. And once we have tasted this joy, we will redouble our efforts to taste it again. This is the way the self grows.

A reaction is how we feel; a response is what we do.

I might believe some powerful truths, but if those beliefs are only in my head and don't impact the way I live, nothing about my life will draw others to faith.

We don't want people to understand forgiveness or prayer or mission or justice only intellectually. We want people who can forgive, who can hear and respond to God, who actually know Him. We want people who have hearts that break for our world and the people in it and do something about it. We want the kind of people in our communities who resemble the people we see in Scripture.

Faith always comes to the surface and always produces action. It cannot be contained. Thoughts and intents that are held within and not acted upon are not faith, no matter what we like to say. ("My faith is personal" is a favorite. But that is a self-contradicting statement. Faith is always acted out, never kept bottled up within.)

We want people who have hearts that break for our world and the people in it and do something about it.

The meat is on the street."11

As a result, the only sensible course of action for trade on a void station was to talk loudly, swagger noticeably, wear your weapons openly, and check everything twice; or, failing that, see who the people who could manage those things bought from and do the same, on the basis that those merchants were likely to be fairly honest at least some of the time. "Let's

Ufthak nutted him, and Deffrow sat down rapidly, involuntarily, and in a state of some confusion.

that line that balances Paralysis of Analysis against the Nike slogan "Just Do It.

Could it hurt to take a look? The answer was yes, of course. It's always yes. But I went anyway.

Use your energy for good and it will be replenished with more good energy, use you energy for bad and your energy will be drained.

Semesta bergerak lebih cepat daripada tindakan anda. Jadi, ketika berkaitan dengan menjalani kehidupan impian anda, cukup mulai dengan melakukan apa yang anda bisa lakukan.

You are not meant to bear that which you find unpleasant; you are meant to change it.

Your part is the easy part. The Universe does all the rest.

If you have absolutely no idea of which direction to move in, move in any direction.

Actually, it's pretty simple. You have one real choice: To do your best, with what you have, from where you are. Everything else is just stalling.

This is your life. Your power. Know it to use it. Begin today.