Quotes About Action

a thousand hearings aren't worth one seeing, and a thousand seeings aren't worth one doing).

Adults are more likely to act their way into a new way of thinking than to think their way into a new way of acting.

Procrastination is the thief of dreams

As one who would rather light a candle than curse the darkness.

It is not the ability to walk that pleases God, it is the desire to walk. The desire to do the right thing. The truest measure of a man is what he desires. The measure of that desire is seen in the actions that follow.

All that's required for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.

We always assume that there's tomorrow to make things right. Maybe that's why the Bible says to not procrastinate your day of repentance.

often what we want most in life is just the chance to do what we should have done to begin with.

Sometimes the most profound experiences of our lives start with an act so simple and careless that we hardly think about it - like tossing a small stone that causes a massive avalanche.

Tout est simple, lorsqu'on sait ce que l'on fait.

Pour que le mal triomphe, il suffit que les gens bien ne fassent rien.

There isn't time for regret. There never is.

A man cannot live his life by the calculations of retribution. I did what I had to do and hope the consequences are kind.

To stop terrorists before the strike, we must do three things: deny them entry into the country, curtail their freedom of action inside the country, and deprive them of material and moral support from within the country.

There's a Chinese saying. 'When is the best time to plant a tree? Twenty years ago.' " The Chinese engineer smiles. "Good one." " 'When is the next best time? Now.' " "Ah! Okay!" The smile turns real. Until today, he has never planted anything. But Now, that next best of times, is long, and rewrites everything.

You see, the point of the floodlights is not to draw attention to themselves but rather to illuminate the statue. So it is with all of the Church's symbolic expressions of God's revelation in general, and Church doctrine in particular. They do not exist to be the focus of our attention but rather to illuminate the beauty of God and God's saving action in our lives.

The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved.

Segregation by intentional government action is not de facto. Rather, it is what courts call de jure: segregation by law and public policy.

yanked out my .38 and stepped back to the corner

When anger rushes unrestrained to action, like a hot steed, it stumbles on its way. The man of thought strikes deepest and strikes safely.

Lo que hoy tiene de particular la incertidumbre es que existe sin la amenaza de un desastre histórico; y en cambio, está integrada en las prácticas cotidianas de un capitalismo vigoroso (…). La consigna "nada a largo plazo" desorienta la acción planificada, disuelve los vínculos de confianza y compromiso y separa la voluntad del comportamiento.

This boy, half-destroyed, screaming Drive into that tree, drive off the embankment. Henry, make something happen.

Let's jump ahead to the moment of epiphany, in gold light, as the camera pans to where the action is, lakeside and backlit, and it all falls into frame

The body swerves in the service of the mind, which is evidence of the mind but not actual proof.