Quotes About Action

I have all my regrets between pouring the wine and reaching for the glass.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before beginning to improve the world.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do." —JANE AUSTEN, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY

God, how do I do that? What would You have me to do? What is the message You would have me act out?

Never let me hear you say it's someone else's fault. It often is, but you must never shirk your own responsibility ... You can't change others, but you can do something about a fault in yourself.

A whole lot of us believers, of all different religions, are ready to turn back the tide of madness by walking together, in both the dark and the light - in other words, through life - registering voters as we go, and keeping the faith.

When you have that window of opportunity called a crisis, move as quickly as you can, get as much done as you can. There's a momentum for change that's very compelling.

Better to leave dreams behind and go forward with purpose.

I think you quite extraordinary.' He used the action of pulling off his undershirt to hide his face. Bare to the waist, he didn't feel as naked now that there was more exposed than just his expression.

Who wills, Can. Who tries, Does. Who loves, Lives.

When men try to be romantic they do it less by words than through things. Not for nothing are chocolates and jewelry described as 'tokens' of affection. Not for nothing does he 'say it with flowers'- he cannot say it with words. The male language of love is doing.

I's only the things you don't do that you end up regretting: the women not courted, the paintings not painted, the paths not taken.

People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have.

But if you never did anything you couldn't undo you'd end up doing nothing at all.

Pero, ¿podía haber algo que infundiera más miedo que otra noche de espera, otro día de tensión, el no-suceder, el no-actuar? ¿Acaso no se había alcanzado un punto culminante, por encima del cual solo estaba el vacío?

Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.

Someone ought to do it, but why should I? Someone ought to do it, so why not I? Between these two sentences lie whole centuries of moral evolution.

My deeds must speak for me, for words are too poor.

To look at food and say that it is good will not satisfy a starving man; he must put forth his hand and eat. So to hear the Master's words is not enough; you must do what He says, attending to every word, taking every hint".

Quit and grit are two sides of the exact same decision. Decision-making in the real world requires action without complete information. Quitting is the tool that allows us to react to new information that is revealed after we make a decision.

We are much more concerned with errors of commission than errors of omission (failures to act). We're more wary of "causing" a bad outcome by acting than "letting it happen" through inaction.

Do you want to just let it all out, or are you thinking of what to do about it next?

Essentially, regardless of the history they have with the decision, they ask themselves, "If I were approaching this decision fresh, would I want to enter into this course of action?