Quotes About Action

He wasn't fighting for his own glory or his own fame; he was fighting because no one else would and because he understood what was at stake. When he killed the lion and the bear, there was no audience and no applause. God and God alone knew David's actions and knew his heart.

The warrior is not formed by what has been done and what can't be done; the heart of the warrior is formed by what must be done.

When there's no clear option, it's better to do nothing.

If you can't do, you'd best shut up about it.

If you can't do, you had best shut up. He started to slam the door, thought better of it. If you can't do, you'd best not slam doors.

I point out to Ben that, contrary to popular belief, taking action is not always the best course.

Our actions are the ground we walk on.

Don't think of what you have to do, don't consider how to carry it out! he exclaimed. The shot will only go smoothly when it takes the archer himself by surprise.

What stands in your way is that you have a much too willful will. You think that what you do not do yourself does not happen.

The hand that stretches the bow must open like a child's hand opens. What sometimes hinders the precision of the shot is the archer's over-active will. He thinks: What I fail to do will not be done, and that's not quite how things work. Man should always act, but he must also let other forces of the universe act in their own due time.

I mean supposing we—the self-satisfied, successful members of society—are responsible for the injustice visited upon the heads of our less fortunate "brothers-in­Christ" because of our shameful indifference to it. We see misery all around us and we do not care. We do nothing to prevent it. Are we not then, in part at least, responsible for it? Have you ever thought of that?

The future belongs, not to those who have the most, but to those who do the most with what they have.

When you make sense, you say what you believe and therefore mean what you say and therefore act in accordance with it and therefore you are who you seem to be.

So much one man can do,That does both act and know.

The best thing you can do for the poor is..not be one of them

There are two parts to the equation: feel good + take action. The ancient Sufi proverb says; "Trust in Allah, but first tie your camel to a post.

En la vida se tienen pretextos o resultados. Hay quienes piensan que ambas cosas valen lo mismo.

Dwelling on the sins of the past won't help us stop the evils of the present.

Don't overthink it. Just write.

I'm not a spy. I'm not a cop. All I know is from watching movies and I'm pretty sure if my life depends on doing parkour across rooftops,

You can try hitting that reset button, but all it's going to do is change the names of the players, not their actions.

Get the motherfucker. Stay the hell away from him, but go get him. It's what you do now. And if

Neuroscientists say they can predict an action our mind has decided to take moments before our conscious mind has even decided what we think we're going to do. The function of consciousness, they argue, isn't to make decisions, but to rationalize them after the fact.

Actually, I killed him in a moment of serene calm. It was what had to be done. I made a calculated decision and pulled the trigger. The risk of him getting away or slipping through the system was too great.