Quotes About Action

If we in the West, where so much of the world's political and economic power reside, are going to find a way to make the changes that are necessary to ensure that our children's children can live on this planet, we have to learn how to participate fully in our own lives, how to remember and experience the interconnectedness of all spirit and matter. I seek wisdom in a life that combines contemplation and action.

What is difficult to acknowledge is that I saw this mistake coming and second-guessed myself, went against my own intuitive judgment. It wasn't that I had not seen the truth. I had. But I failed to find the courage to act on it. Of course, my intuition can be wrong. But making a wrong decision, acting on an intuition that is inaccurate, is a real mistake, one I can live with more easily than the mistake of failing to act on what, to the best of my ability, I know.

Scrivendo, invece, servo a qualcosa. Vi sono tanti modi per fare la politica vista come nobile impegno, dovere. Io la faccio scrivendo.

Jamás debes evitar el riesgo, aunque el miedo te frene.

There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands.

But how shall I get ideas? Keep your wits open! Observe! Observe! Study! Study! But above all, Think! Think! And when a noble image is indelibly impressed upon the mind -- Act!

I've done movies with a sword before. But I haven't really been given the full responsibility of something like a Ridley Scott film.

The truth is - I found myself doing these huge action-adventure movies, and um, and which are cool man. And I really love doing them. And thankfully I haven't had too much dialogue, because if I had I would have really made a mess of it. You know what I mean?

One person with commitment accomplishes more than a thousand with an opinion.

Never complain about what you permit to be.

You won't find your dream until you lose your excuses.

You can be on the right track and still get run over if you're not moving.

The difference between success & failure isn't ability as much as action.

Analysis paralysis occurs when you overthink and underwork.

Don't mistake thinking for action & don't mistake action for results.

Many lose through never starting. A job well begun is half done.

You won't get ahead until you get off your behind.

Leaders respond & change; the rest quit and blame.

Life is meant to be lived in 'the zone', not the stands.

If you want to live the life you've always wanted, you'll have to make the changes you've always needed.

A person doesn't feel, then act; rather, he acts, then feels. Change actions to change feelings.

Without courage, it doesn't matter how good the leader's intentions are.

Success is simple, but isn't easy because it demands execution, not intentions.

You will never know what could have been done until you start doing what needs to be done.