Quotes About Action

I saw a complete lack of courage in Washington to tackle some of our biggest challenges.

You do not have time in international rugby to stop and think, 'This is tough.' It's more a case of, 'Let's crack on.' Where's your next job? Fill a hole for someone who has just made a tackle?

By repealing the Child Poverty Act, which forced governments to take real action to tackle child poverty, this government brings a proud chapter of British history to an undignified end. In future the government will measure child poverty not by looking at whether they have any money, but by looking at their so-called 'life chances.'

Every time I go in front of the camera, I have this fear of 'Oh my God, how am I going to tackle this? The director is going to say 'action' and I'm going to just keep standing there; I won't know what to do.' That's a constant fear I have as an actor.

When it comes to tackling your financial goals, whatever they might be, there's no time like the present.

An important lever for sustained action in tackling poverty and reducing hunger is money.

Progress to reduce hunger is being made by tackling both the cause and the consequences of extreme poverty and famine.

The Paris Agreement is a highly significant step in tackling climate change - but a piece of paper will not save the world. It is not 'job done.'

Civil disobedience's main goal typically is to try to arouse and inspire others to join and do something. Well, sometimes that is a good tactic, sometimes not.

A mercurial plan of action may have worked in the Trump Organization board room, but it's a disastrous tactic in foreign affairs.

One of the beautiful things about a movement is that there are many strategies and many tactics contained within it. Not every participant in a movement is required to do exactly the same things.

I still don't understand why the tag of 'action hero' follows me. My films have all these elements - romance, action and comedy. None of the fight sequences of my character is an act of randomness. There's a reason to action in my films.

I play a female Indiana Jones, a professor who hunts down precious objects, like a bowl that belonged to the Buddha. They tailored the role to me: I wanted to be smart, funny, and to kick some ass.

If you take risks and face your fate with dignity, there is nothing you can do that makes you small; if you don't take risks, there is nothing you can do that makes you grand, nothing.

I take the bull by the horns and make a plan and go for it.

When a country has the skill and self-confidence to take action against its biggest problems, it makes outsiders eager to be a part of it.

When placed in command, take charge.

Successful people jump at opportunity and take advantage of it.

You never know when your time is going to come, if it's going to come, so when it does, you have to take advantage of it.

Sometimes in life, you're not always given a second chance, but if you do, take advantage of it, and go out with a bang!

Basketball is a short period of time, and you've got to take advantage of it.

Opportunities will come, you've just got to be ready to take advantage of it, be ready when the opportunity comes.

When I was starting out, I always wanted to be able to do everything - comedy and drama and action, and everything in between. Film is so diverse, and it's fun to be able to take advantage of all of it.

If you do not take advantage of your chances, you can pay for it.