Quotes About Action

The key to changing the world is not simply being there, but an active, transforming engagement of a singularly robust and energetic kind.

Foolishness is the hope tomorrow better, wisdow is to make the best possible today.

Haven't we known for a long time that it's a mistake to attach meaning to each and every action of a person? Forced explanations often end in a distortion of lies.

Is this what all you refined gentlemen are like—wishing and pining and never acting?

In terms of sealing your fate, there's no difference between turning right on a whim and turning right because you've come to some momentous resolve. Either way, it can't be undone.

Once you've given in to that whim, your destiny is decided. There's no such thing as 'seeing what happens' in this life. To do something just to see what happens is exactly the same as just plain doing it.

From then on, however, I came to hold, almost as a philosophical conviction, the belief: What is society but an individual? From the moment I suspected that society might be an individual I was able to act more in accordance with my own inclinations.

Après avoir eu peur des fantômes innombrables créés, non par le monde, mais par les individus, je n'étais plus, comme auparavant, en proie à l'anxiété où me plongeait toutes choses. Prêt à faire face aux nécessités de l'heure, j'agissais avec une certaine audace.

There's no such thing as 'seeing what happens' in this life. To do something just to see what happens is exactly the same as just plain doing it.

It may require courage to say what they said, but were they really able to take responsibility for the consequences?

He just wanted to run—to do something for nothing.

As usual, the deed was less daunting than the thought of it.

There was no way I could be confident! But it was obvious that the patient will die if I don't do something!" -Dr. Honma

Before you ask the person to vote, do something nice and unexpected that will make that person feel the need to reciprocate the favor.

Compassion is of little value if it just remains an idea. It must motivate how we respond to others and be reflected in all our thoughts and actions.

Fear is an excellent motivator, and voting is no exception.

Oscar Auliq-Ice

Make decisions that advance your objectives.

One of the most effective ways there is of getting people to vote is by simply asking them to.

Ready to make your voice heard? Go and vote.

The future is determined by what we do now and the window of opportunity is closing fast.

The life you're capable of living is waiting for you—all you have to do is choose to go after it.

The only way to become a doer is to find something worth doing.

We've known about climate change for at least six decades. But not until the most recent one was it possible to say that most people believe that climate change is happening and that we need to do something about it.