Quotes About Action

Before you begin on the journey of revenge, dig two graves.

Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein.

An ounce of practice is worth a pound of preaching.

He who desires to make something does not announce his intentions, just turns them into actions.

Strike while your employer has a big contract

Taking out and not putting in soon reaches the bottom.

You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot.

Many receive advice, few profit by it.

Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.

He who is bent on doing evil can never want occasion.

While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.

Depend not on fortune, but on conduct.

Each and every simple thing done throughout the day with absolute excitement, brings amazing results at the end of the day.

The bold thought first, and the bold deed will not fail to follow.

You should make great things, not promising great things.

Thought is an Idea in transit, which when once released, never can be lured back, nor the spoken word recalled. Nor ever can the overt act be erased.

Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.

Before I leave this world, I am never going to say, "I didn't do this"or "I regret I did that." I am going to say: "I came, I went, I did nothing, I did all.

Wu Wei, doing nothing, and Wu Bu Wei, doing everything, are our answers to the challenges of modern life.

Wu Wei is a delight in knowing that everything will be all right. It is not refusing to do anything, it is refusing to do insignificant things. Wu Wei is efficiency. It is the precondition of Wu Bu Wei. Wu Wei requires giving up secondary matters and aiming for the key matters. You can only Wu Bu Wei because you Wu Wei. The modern meets the ancient. Wu Wei is the secret of health. Only if you abandon anxiety can you do anything with a healthy mind and body.

somebody creates goodness somewhere, and someone commits an evil somewhere, but we have found the courage to sleep and solve our problems later.

Al fin y al cabo, un hombre es sólo lo que ha decidido hacer o no hacer.

A mí me gustan las personas que dicen lo que piensan. Pero por encima de todo, me gustan las personas que hacen lo que dicen.

No sooner said than done—so acts your man of worth.