Quotes About Action

We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life.

Agitate! Agitate! Ought to be the motto of every reformer. Agitation is the opposite of stagnation - the one is life, the other death.

I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.

In a world as wrong as this one, all we can do is make things as right as we can.

If you don't make things happen then things will happen to you.

In life you are given two ends; one to think with and the other to sit on. Your success in life depends on which end you use most. Heads you win, tails you lose.

We cannot waste time. We can only waste ourselves.

No matter what the realm of leadership – the home, the workplace, the church, or the community – the vision is crucial. Leaders must funnel their faith into action so that life-changing results.

The way you live your life depends on you.

Courage is always and only one thing: It is acting with fear, not without it.

If you want to do anything, do it now, without compromise or concession, because you have only one life.

Vital lives are about action. You can't feel warmth unless you create it, can't feel delight until you play, can't know serendipity unless you risk.

We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams.

If you want a different life, you gotta start doing and learning different things.

History not used is nothing, for all intellectual life is action, like practical life, and if you don't use the stuff - well, it might as well be dead.

Your life is a gift and how you respond to it - what you do with it matters. That's where I start.

Life is never guaranteed to be safe, so we better use it while we are still in good condition.

Every action has its pleasures and its price.

An idle life and a holy heart is a contradiction.

Words lead to deeds, they prepare the soul, make it ready, and move it to tenderness.

Do not say before hand what you are going to do; for if you fail, you will be laughed at.

Nothing happens until you decide. Make a decision and watch your life move forward.

Some people live life and others talk about it.

Let your life be your argument.