Quotes About Action

Burning a bridge, as any tactician will tell you, sometimes saves more than it costs.

If you are not for yourself, who will be for you? If you are only for yourself, what are you? If not now, when? –Rabbi Hillel

Anything worth doing has risks." Hortense paused. "And believe me, this is worth doing.

it is better for us to fight for something than to live for nothing.

although boldness of action is always called for, it must be tempered by wisdom and restraint, and too often it is not.

If everyone just sweeps outside their door, the whole village will be clean," Merkel said sometimes, quoting Goethe.

sitting in church doesn't make me a Christian any more than sitting in a garage makes me a car

Depression affects not only mood but the nature and content of thought as well. Thinking processes almost always slow down, and decisiveness is replaced by indecision and rumination. The ability to concentrate is usually greatly impaired and willful action and thought become difficult if not impossible.

When it was too late for rescue, it was still early enough for revenge.

Don't you wonder sometimes, what might have happened if you tried?

when people are getting poorer, and children are growing more hungry and sick all around you, it is simply not enough for an artist to hide away somewhere, perfecting pictures of courtesans.

And it started to dawn on me, I suppose, that a lot of things I'd always assumed I'd plenty of time to get round to doing, I might now have to act on pretty soon or else let them go forever.

Resolved not to waste further time on account of this childish affair, I contemplated departure via the french windows.

When the hour's too late for rescue, it's still early enough for revenge

Even so, I believe there's still hope. I believe help might come from a place the adults haven't yet considered. But we need to do something now quickly.

You can choose to die. You can choose to run... but dying alone won't change a thing. Trust me on that one. If you really want things to change... you're going to have to live.

Jeremy had a plan for getting Clay back and I wasn't allowed to know anything about it or allowed to help him carry it out. As one might expect, I accepted this news with grace and understanding. That is the stupidest idea I've ever heard! I snarled for the dozenth time that hour. I won't just sit here and do nothing.

there are risks you'll take for yourself because you know that if your plan goes wrong, it'll be too late for regrets. but if you risk the lives of others and fail, you'll have a lifetime to regret it.

Don't be stupid. I have a gun." He reached into his pocket and pulled out the .45. "Which will knock you on your ass if you try firing with a bad leg. Sit down before you fall.

switchblade, he snapped it open, then waited

I glanced in the mirrors to see him racing along the side of the truck. He grabbed the door and yanked it open. I turned my attention back to the road. Daniel swung in, then slammed the door shut and collapsed in the passenger seat, panting. "Always wanted to do that, haven't you?" I said. He laughed and struggled to catch his breath.

I swung onto the next branch as Rafe did the same on the other side. I felt the bear's hot breath on my stockinged foot and snatched it away as his teeth clicked together. He roared in frustration, then leaned on the tree and shook it again. "Hold on!" Rafe shouted, like I was planning on doing anything else.

I fired. The bullet hit him below the shoulder. He fell, his mouth working, eyes wide with shock. "It might not be fatal," I said. "Depends on how long it takes you to find your cell phone.

We had to get him to a doctor and, until then, I could only presume it was heart failure and perform CPR if he stopped breathing. I unbuttoned the mayor's shirt. When Nicole inched forward, the pilot snapped at her, and Corey told him to go to hell, which really didn't help matters.