Quotes About Action

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. —Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841

So move before the wave. If you don't you'll end up flailing in its backwash.

Cornerstone No. 1 is the Theory of Relativity, which states: In order to settle on a rational course of action (or inaction), one must first weigh all pertinent facts in a relative light and carefully define his terms.

That's because time brings into play the Fiddle Theory, which states: The longer you fiddle around with a deal, the greater the odds that it will never close.

we don't want to forecast but to warn. We don't ever want to forecast a disaster; we want to take actions that will prevent the disaster from happening.

at Bodine, who pulled out the Winchester rifle as Jess slid his

did miss with the first shot, I'd be able to get off at least three shots before you get more than four hundred yards out on your horse," Jess replied bluntly. "What if you miss with all three shots?" Jess finally put the cartridge back into his front pocket. "I'd feel bad about it, but

Small, daily steps can matter in surprising ways when we go beyond simply thinking about good acts and actually do them. For example, complimenting at least one person a day about something that makes them special can have an unexpected positive impact.

Indeed, the enduring genius of the organizational form is that it allows individuals to retain bewilderingly diverse private motives and meanings for action as long as they adhere publicly to agreed-upon rules.

Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can.

Time to toss the dice

vision, without which we perish, is required to open us to willingness to use what we know and to work to extract hard reality from a dream.

On an important decision one rarely has 100% of the information needed for a good decision no matter how much one spends or how long one waits. And, if one waits too long, he has a different problem and has to start all over. This is the terrible dilemma of the hesitant decision maker.

Knowledge may be power, but not without the willingness, and the release from inhibiting mind-sets, to use that knowledge.

A principle is suggested: When any action is regulated by law, the incentive for individual conscience to govern is diminished—unless the law coincides with almost universally held moral standards.

If we do not agree to reduce cruelty and moderate a situation intolerable for human beings," she said, "then they themselves will take things in hand.

It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.

Okay, it's pretty obvious what we're doing here, people. If it's dead - fucking KILL IT

You kill -- You die." That was probably the most naive thing I've ever said. The fact is -- in most cases, NOW, the way things are -- you kill -- you LIVE.

It wasn't who a person believed himself to be or what he pretended he would do in a given situation. It was what he did when he got there that defined him.

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him." Texas senator Lyndon Baines Johnson was

Our experience with the consulting firm made it clear that energy is closely tied to how ideas get put into action.

Having an epiphany is no big deal unless you can motivate others to believe in it and act on it. Energizers are better at getting others to act on their ideas within organizations, such as garnering support for initiatives