Quotes About Action

The longer you wait, the less fun. If you wait until the bitter end, the whole economy can be destroyed.

Sometimes it is better to begin the journey, to get under way, then it is to sit back and wait until such time that you're convinced that all conditions are perfect and that there'll be no surprises along the route.

To wait idly is the worst of conditions.

It doesn't help to wait until something happens and then prosecute the offenders, especially if it's the idea of the offender to extinguish himself in the commission of the crime.

If I read something great and I want to go after it, I go after it. You don't wait to see what Hollywood wants to do with you. You decide what you want to do. I don't mind fighting when I really want something.

Those who speak up, those who use their connections, are more likely to succeed than those who sit and wait.

It's so weird, not knowing what your life is going to be. I'm being optimistic. And when 'Leverage' comes to an end, I have lots of ideas for other things. You can't really sit and wait for things to come to you.

If you are fearful, choose courage. If you frequently procrastinate, choose to take action now. If you have always waited for others to lead, use your own initiative.

If I had sat around and waited until I had an idea to be a successful photographer, I would still be in finance.

On climate change, we often don't fully appreciate that it is a problem. We think it is a problem waiting to happen.

Nothing's going to come to you by sitting around and waiting for it.

I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write.

A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back - but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you.

For every problem or confusion and for every desire or ambition there is an available force waiting for your call.

Sitting around and waiting for your muse is not the best choice.

I hate sitting around and waiting; that's why I always have an editing suite on set.

Once you let go of the idea of waiting for a magical lightning bolt of genius to hit, you can really get to work.

And I think if the president's made a mistake here, it's this laid-back kind of approach where he's waiting for someone else to solve the problem. Some people say it's a political strategy. No matter what it is, it's not effective in solving problems.

Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced.

You are not waiting for your life to start. It's going on right now.

The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.

I saw the booster, not Sputnik, flying by, and I said, maybe this is the way we should be going, not just sitting back waiting for something to happen.

The way I see it, I can either cross the street, or I can keep waiting for another few years of green lights to go by.

We can't sit around waiting for big government, big business, big religion etc. to save us. We need to get informed and take inspired action.