Quotes About Action

Tout le monde veut sauver la planète, mais personne ne veut descendre les poubelles

When in doubt, do what they do in books, was one of Gabriel's secret mottos and - that rarest of things - a principle that he actually lived by.

It is more important to move on to positive actions without stopping to wallow in anger about injustices -- including the unjust suppression of inventors. Exposing the skeletons in the closet serves to enlighten, but getting off-message with retribution will be counter-productive.

Robert bowed to the inevitable. The queen's motto, 'I see all and speak nothing." was as well chosen as any motto could be. He had almost made his old mistake of confusing what Elizabeth said with what she would do.

It is not in a man's creed, but in his deeds; not in his knowledge, but in his sympathy, that there lies the essence of what is good and of what will last in human life.

We have to help them. If the suffering of our friends means nothing, if those kids can't be allowed to see us, to see Mexico as it really is, then what are they even doing here? Are they just drive-by Samaritans?

To live is not breathing it is action.

To live is not to breathe but to act. It is to make use of our organs, our senses, our faculties, of all the parts of ourselves which give us the sentiment of our existence. The man who has lived the most is not he who has counted the most years but he who has most felt life.

Film is like a battleground: There's love, hate, action, violence, death. In one word, emotions.

He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch.

All you need for a movie is a gun and a cat.

All you need for a movie is a gun and a girl.

drown or blow up.

quidquid agas prudenter agas et respice finem.

So maybe you should try to find an answer for yourself instead of waiting around to see what Sam's going to do. Doing something is always easier than waiting.

Exercising will builds esteem from within through action on one's own behalf; it disproves the premise that only another person can provide it. The result, long in coming and always worth the effort, is the experience of authentic agency in your own life, a sense of self that cannot be destroyed because it is not dependent on anyone else.

Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.

We do not do what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are—that is the fact.

The chances of seeing an idea through to completion are inversely proportional to the time you've spent talking about it beforehand.

People with deep faith and big hearts are concerned, as I am about the circumstance that Ms. Schiavo is in. I want them to know I will do what I can, but there are limits to what any particular person - irrespective of the title they currently hold - can do.

Wish for nothing so much that you forget to make it come true.

Life has no auto-settings. No batteries. You gots to wind it up!

If the light in your life has changed to yellow, I recommend you floor it. It's safer than the alternative.

If something needs doing, there will come a time when I feel like doing it. If that time doesn't come, it doesn't get done and didn't need doing.