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Quotes About Action

You should strike at the moon in the water.
~ Yagyu Munenori
I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well.
~ Yannick Noah
Creo que no me estás escuchando;-parecería que tienes prisa. Cierto, sí, todos tenemos prisa de que el otro calle para poder hablar nosotros. Y cada uno de nosotros no oye sino sus propias palabras. ¿Qué importancia tienen las palabras? Sólo la acción se cuenta y cuenta -como siempre subrayabas.
~ Yannis Ritsos
The worst thing that you can do for yourself is to sit back and do nothing. You're stronger than you realize.
~ Yasmin Shiraz
Elle soulève son magnifique sourcil, et, du doigt, met met en garde : - le courage de certaines bonnes intentions est qu'elles n'ont ni le courage de leurs engagements ni de suite dans leurs idées.
~ Yasmina Khadra
Ci sono uomini indolenti, sono fatti così, altri che non vogliono perdere un solo attimo di tempo, e si danno da fare, che differenza c'è? Gli uomini si agitano fino a quando non muoiono.
~ Yasmina Reza
Why didn't I ask him for his number, address, e-mail — anything? Why? Because I'm in a sodding war zone, that's why. And I'm a soldier. And this wasn't supposed to happen.
~ David Massey
Oswald's approach to the future was simple: "Trust God and do the next thing.
~ David McCasland
There isn't much justice in this world. Perhaps that's why its so satisfying to occasionally make some.
~ David Michelinie
All is cause and effect. Action and reaction.
~ David Michie
Karma operates not so much as some external credit-and-debit ledger but more as an energy, a charge that grows over time. This is how even small acts of generosity, especially when motivated by the best intention, can become causes for much greater wealth in the future.
~ David Michie
The value of a life is determined not by its length, but by what you do with it.
~ David Michie
If one speaks or acts with a serene mind, happiness follows, as surely as one's shadow.
~ David Michie
the principle of karma, the law of cause and effect. There can be no effect, such as success, without a cause.
~ David Michie
Like characters in good books or movies, families and friends don't communicate with one another in composed prose. It's all action. Even the words we use- the movie characters' dialogue- are action. And it's almost all improvised.
~ David Murray
Be good. Do something good.
~ David Nicholls
I suppose the important thing is to make some sort of difference,' she siad. 'You know, actually change something.' 'What, like "change the world", you mean?' 'Not the whole entire world. Just the little bit around you.
~ David Nicholls
I suppose the important thing is to make some sort of difference. You know, actually change something.
~ David Nicholls
What if it rained or you felt a bit glandy? It just wasn't practical. Better by far to simply try and be good and courageous and bold and to make a difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you.
~ David Nicholls
The trick of it, she told herself, is to be courageous and bold and make a difference. Not change the world exactly, just the bit around you.
~ David Nicholls
O segredo(...)é ser corajosa e arrojada e fazer alguma diferença. Não exatamente mudar o mundo, só aquela parte à tua volta.
~ David Nicholls
you know, if I ruled the world, which I fully intend to do one day by the way, first thing I'd do...
~ David Nicholls
Search the parks in all your cities You'll find no statues of committees
~ David Ogilvy
People don't think what they feel, don't say what they think and don't do what they say.
~ David Ogilvy