Quotes About Action

The abstract point of this is that we don't do anything to anybody else, anyway. Actually, people do things to themselves, and we are merely the environment in which they do it when they are ready.

Whatever a man does, good or evil, comes back to him someday. And he pays for everything.

To procrastinate obedience is to disobey God.

Prayer isn't the least we can do; it's the most.

Delay. Procrastinate. Postpone. This is our evangelism strategy.

If everyone had their own happiness as a foundational value, and acted on principles that enabled them to be truly happy, what a wonderful world it would be!

Lead a large group of people—to consistently take a few simple actions—over a sustained period of time.

That is what a well-guarded prayer life can reveal about us, that our trust is not in ourselves but in seeking God's strength for what we do. Prayer is not a substitute for action, but prayer undergirds action with the strength that makes the difference.

That is what a well-guarded prayer life can reveal about us, that our trust is not in ourselves but in seeking God's strength for what we do. Prayer is not a substitute for action, but prayer undergirds action with the strength that makes the difference.

I have little doubt that the single greatest obstacle to the impact of the gospel has not been its inability to provide answers, but the failure on our part to live it out.

The world is in great need. There is so much that needs to be done.

Ask without pettiness Being before doing Convictions without compromise Discipline without dreariness Ask

Prayer teaches us faith—and prayer is hard work. It is not a guarantor of getting what we want or a substitute for action. Rather, it undergirds our action with the strength that makes the difference.

knowing does not guarantee doing. Doing engages the will and a preset commitment.

Prayer is not a substitute for action, but prayer undergirds action with the strength that makes the difference.

A stranger is shot in the street, you hardly move to help. But if, half an hour before, you spent just ten minutes with the fellow and knew a little about him and his family, you might just jump in front of his killer and try to stop it. Really knowing is good. Not knowing, or refusing to know is bad, or amoral, at least. You can't act if you don't know.

Oh, what strange wonderful clocks women are. They nest in Time. They make the flesh that holds fast and binds eternity. They live inside the gift, know power, accept, and need not mention it. Why speak of time when you are Time, and shape the universal moments, as they pass, into warmth and action? How men envy and often hate these warm clocks, these wives, who know they will live forever.

Live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds.

I feel I'm doing what I should've done a lifetime ago. For a little while I'm not afraid. Maybe it's because I'm doing the right thing at last. Maybe it's because I've done a rash thing and don't want to look the coward to you.

Acting without knowing takes you right off the cliff.

Those who don't build must burn. It's as old as history and juvenile delinquents.

Really knowing is good. Not knowing, or refusing to know, is bad, or amoral, at least. You can't act if you don't know. Acting without knowing takes you right off the cliff.

Work. Don't Think. Relax.

I was not predicting the future, I was trying to prevent it.