Quotes About Action

pale, but resolute as Eponina's or Gertrude von der Wart's — and I think the martyrdom of endurance is worse than the martyrdom of action!

Out campaigning, one is free from all that trash. Before the cannon's mouth men cannot stop to split straws; and with one's own life on a thread, one cannot stop to ruin another's character. I do not know how it is — I have read pretty widely, but philosophers never preached endurance to me as well as Nature.

When he had once determined on a thing he never looked back; sometimes it had been better for him if he had. Yet, in the long run, I have known more mischief done by indecision of character than anything else in the world, and he is safe to be the strongest and stoutest-hearted who never looks back, whether he has determined on quitting Sodom or on staying in it The evil lies in hasty judgment, not in prompt action.

Delay is a great procuress.

Remove the temptation of idleness and cupids bow is useless.

Resist beginnings; the prescription comes too late when the disease has gained strength by long delays.

The result justifies the deed.

The cut in the repo rate is not the end of policy making; it gives the government an opportunity to take bold decisions. Over

Don't just plan to write—write. It is only by writing, not dreaming about it, that we develop our own style.

Worrying is less work than doing something to fix the worry. Everybody wants to save the earth; nobody wants to help Mom with the dishes.

Greatness is not just in the truth itself but in what we can do with it.

Fortune always favors the brave, and never helps a man who does not help himself.

Prayer is not mere wishing. It is asking – with a will. . . . It is energy. We turn to an active Giver; therefore we go into action.

Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it.

To live is not enough; we must take part.

Don't be vain because you happen to have talent. You are not responsible for that; it was not of your doing. What you do with your talent is what matters.

The urge to destroy is also a creative urge.

Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.

mejor encender un cirio que maldecir la obscuridad. —ROBERTO FERNÁNDEZ RETAMAR

the only way to stop the violence and abuse that surrounds us is to talk about it.

Trató de encender el cigarrillo que ya había encendido. Los tuertos hacen cosas así, se dijo buscando una imposible disculpa.

El futuro será como quiera que sea, pero alguien tiene que hacerlo

As human beings, we are capable of creating a paradise, and making each other's lives better by our own hands. Yes, yes, yes—this is possible.

We are all dying, and because of us, so is the earth. That's the most terrible, the most painful in my entire repertoire of self-torturing thoughts. But it isn't dead yet and neither are we. Are we going to drop the earth off at the vet, say goodbye at the door, and leave her to die in the hands of strangers? We can decide, even now, not to turn our backs on her in her illness. We can still decide not to let her die alone.