Quotes About Action

action is the only remedy to indifference, the most insidious danger of all.

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

There is so much to be done, there is so much that can be done.

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always takes sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

there is "response" in responsibility.

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented

Suffering confers no privileges; it is what one does with suffering that matters.

Sometimes you regret the things you do, but they're over and done. Regretting the things you didn't do is tougher because they're still out there, haunting you with the what ifs.

I have gained and sustained my optimism as a humble student of our living universe, our living Earth, which clearly shows us the way out of our adolescent crisis into a mature global future. The sooner we create our vision of all we desire, set our intention to implement it together, and put our individual capacities into collective action, the greater our chances of success.

It is today for which we are responsible. God still owns tomorrow.

Sometimes...fear does not subside and...one must choose to do it afraid.

Do the next thing." I don't know any simpler formula for peace, for relief from stress and anxiety than that very practical, very down-to-earth word of wisdom. Do the next thing. That has gotten me through more agonies than anything else I could recommend.

Do The Next Thing..

Sometimes when we are called to obey, the fear does not subside and we are expected to move against the fear. One must choose to do it afraid.

Faith is not a feeling. Faith is willed obedience in action.

I'm convinced that there are a good many things in this life that we really can't do anything about, but that God wants us to do something with.

If he had loved her he would have pursued her.

Obedience to God is always possible. It is a deadly error to fall to the notion that when feelings are extremely strong we can do nothing but act on them.

El conocimiento va muy bien -le dije- pero el conocimiento solo no va a sanar a nadie. Si no se usa.

productivity is the act of bringing a company closer to its goal. Every action that brings a company closer to its goal is productive. Every action that does not bring a company closer to its goal is not productive.

Once one understands that the evolving community of life on Earth is God's beloved creation and its ruination an unspeakable sin, then deep affection shown in action on behalf of ecojustice becomes an indivisible part of one's life.

Light tomorrow with today.

Frank, saying, Who cares what happens before we're born and after we die? The question is, what do we do in the meantime?

I've never regretted doing anything in my life as much as I've regretted not doing it. There were a few times when in my heart I knew the right thing to do, but I listened to other people, or I didn't have the guts, or it didn't make sense, or I don't know.… There was some false voice inside posing as logic when it was really just my own fear talking. The times I didn't stay true, didn't stay congruent, I paid the price.