Quotes About Action

I take my cue from deeds, not words.

By the sword you did your work, and by the sword you die.

Who acts, shall endure. So speaks the voice of the age-old wisdom.

ATHENA: You wish to be called righteous rather than act right.

once upon a time all the rivers combined to protest against the action of the sea in making their waters salt. When we come to you, sad they to the sea, we are sweet and drinkable; but when once we have mingled with you, our waters become as briny and unpalatable as your own. The sea replied shortly, Keep away from me, and you'll remain sweet.

It is one thing to conceive a good plan, and another to execute it

Do not tell others how to act unless you can set a good example.

Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.

The gods help them that help themselves.

Evil wishes, like fowls, come home to roost.

If words suffice not, blows must follow.

It takes great skill to do the right thing at the right time.

The hero is brave in deeds as well as words.

Tut, man, don't sprawl there. Get up and put your shoulder to the wheel.

So. Tell me. What do you think? Which is better? To take action and perhaps make a fatal mistake - or to take no action and die slowly anyway?

We have better things to do. We realize life is not just a dress rehearsal and if you realize it, you don't need a bumper sticker to remind you.

Paul's greatest contribution to the progressive cause wasn't what he accomplished in the senate, although he accomplished a lot. It's the way he inspired others to take action, and taught them to be effective, and gave them the confidence to stand up and shout about what they believed it.

Become a foot soldier.

We can't afford inaction any longer, and, frankly, there's just no excuse for it. We all want the same thing: for our children and the generations after them to inherit a clean and beautiful planet capable of supporting a healthy human civilization. That goal should transcend politics.

When you pray, move your feet." Prayer without action, like optimism without engagement, is passive aggression toward the future. Even

Two thousand scientists in a hundred countries, engaged in the most elaborate, well-organized scientific collaboration in the history of humankind, have long since produced a consensus that we will face a string of terrible catastrophes unless we act to prepare ourselves and deal with the underlying causes of global warming.

How we feel about 'the nature of existence' is largely determined by what we have to do in the next few hours.

Work begins when the fear of doing nothing at all finally trumps the terror of doing it badly.

When does a job feel meaningful? Whenever it allows us to generate delight or reduce suffering in others. Though we are often taught to think of ourselves as inherently selfish, the longing to act meaningfully in our work seems just as stubborn a part of our make-up as our appetite for status or money.