Quotes About Action

I see the cliff's edge drawing nearer. I must jump or I will fall.

God gave us hands to create, not destroy his world.

Cowards dare others to do what they themselves do not dare to do.

The body is an instrument which only gives off music when it is used as a body.

It is a human nature to think wisely and act foolishly.

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.

Determination. To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream. Not only plan, but also believe.

Il est dans la nature humaine de penser sagement et d'agir d'une façon absurde.

It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.

What one fool can do, another can.

Hope is not a plan

The structures of the mise-en-scène flow from it: decor, lighting, the angle and framing of the shots, will be more or less expressionistic in their relation to the behavior of the actor. They contribute for their part to confirm the meaning of the action.

Again begins the ridiculous, terrible waiting, in which we do not know which object to move, which gesture to repeat—what to do in order to make what we are waiting for happen.

O que devo fazer?'' e não: ''O que os outros devem fazer?'' É o que distingue a moral do moralismo.

Não é porque Deus existe que devo agir bem; é porque devo agir bem que posso necessitar - não para ser virtuoso, mas para escapar do desespero - de crer em Deus.

No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond.

The need to express oneself in writing springs from a mal-adjustment to life, or from an inner conflict which the adolescent (or the grown man) cannot resolve in action. Those to whom action comes as easily as breathing rarely feel the need to break loose from the real, to rise above, and describe it... I do not mean that it is enough to be maladjusted to become a great writer, but writing is, for some, a method of resolving a conflict, provided they have the necessary talent.

It's one of those showers that make you think you should write a check to several environmental groups – and maybe plant a tree.

Sometimes in this life, only one or two opportunities are put before us and we must seize them no matter the risk.

Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.

Success is a side effect of doing the right things in the right time

Do you blame the sword for killing? It is the hand and brain behind it which holds the responsibility!

You don't have to announce, 'you're coming,' just come. You don't have to announce, 'I'm next,' just be next. You don't have to scream, 'give me my respect…' you have to earn that.

Pedaling fast fast fast, this is the moment. One of those movie moments you never think is gonna happen to you, but it happens to you, and now it's here.