Quotes About Action

Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help.

The difference between success and failure is work.

Like a great athlete, we must have a very clear vision of what we want to accomplish before we make a move. Vision, in preparation for an action, is as important as the action itself.

Go, send, or disobey.

We recognize the action of God in great things: we exclude it in small. We forget that the Lord of eternity is also the Lord of the hour.

Every great discovery I ever made, I gambled that the truth was there, and then I acted in faith until I could prove its existence.

The past is past, and the future is yet to come. That means the future is in your hands - the future entirely depends on the present. That realization gives you a great responsibility.

Having a great idea is simply not enough. The eventual goal is vastly more important than any idea. It is how ideas are implemented that counts in the long run

License to Kill' is not one of the great Bond movies.

There's no shortage of great ideas. There's a shortage of execution.

United States could be a great country. It needs to be a great country. It's our responsibility as citizens to make that happen, every single one of us.

Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.

I fail to see the issue that will shock the people of this great country of ours into some decisive action.

However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention.

The literary scene is filled with young people now, which is a great joy. They seem fully capable of saving the world, as we failed to do when young, though heaven knows we tried.

It's a great day. Now, go make it that way.

No great talker ever did any great thing yet, in this world.

We need a great president.

Great opportunity is all around you and it will inspire you to either take advantage of it or deny that it is there.

What the great ones do, the less will prattle of

Sometimes great things come from doing things quickly and not over-thinking stuff.

Action is the great business of mankind, and the whole matter about which all laws are conversant.

It was not enough to come and listen to a great sermon or message every Sunday morning and be confined to those four walls and those four corners. You had to get out and do something.

If a belief is not realized immediately in open deeds, it is stored up for the guidance of the future.