Quotes About Action

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.

Why is it that we feel bad when "all" we can do for a person is pray for them? We feel like we need to work to help, but remember: prayer is the work.

Compassion without action is meaningless.

God doesn't call us to fix every problem or to please every person; He calls us to do what we can.

I prefer trying over talking.

It is easy to say, "Jesus loves you." It is much more difficult to show someone the love of Jesus.

Live today the way you want to be remembered tomorrow.

We cannot do everything, but we can all do something.

Has God called you to speak out for peace in a tense situation? Are there lives on the line God is calling you to stand up for, to declare peace to, and to encourage toward a non-violent solution? If so, do it. You never know what might happen. Maybe the Lord is likewise sending you to save many lives from destruction.

Change the world today. Start with the next person you meet.

We may not have the ability to change all of the world's wrongs, but we can make a difference where we are.

I wanted to ask him if that was part of the plan, but I knew he would have said yes. The plan was to make war; anything that followed was part of it.

Ma una decisione bisognava pur prenderla, e ciò gli dispiaceva. Egli avrebbe preferito continuare l'attesa, rimanere assolutamente immobile, quasi a provocare il destino affinché si scatenasse davvero.

Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music.

The real difficulty is not the lack of time; it is what we do with the time that we have.

You've got no time to lose / You are young, and you must be living / Go now, you are forgiven.

As efforts to fix this failure at the Veterans Administration continue, I also intend to persist in demanding answers and action on the establishment of a new clinic to serve the veterans in North Central Washington.

Do not plant your dreams in the field of indecision, where nothing ever grows but the weeds of "what-if."

If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.

Stop wasting time! Time is growing short for you to accomplish what you came to Earth to do!

Action, to prove fertile, stands in need of contemplation;

What should move us to action is human dignity the inalienable dignity of the oppressed, but also the dignity of each of us. We lose dignity if we tolerate the intolerable.

Il faut sautiller dans l'ascenseur pour qu'il consente à démarrer.