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Quotes About Action

We'll get him!" said Jongor grimly. "Move, my little cabbage, move!
~ Robert Moore Williams
His name was Sir William Osler, and these are the words he read: "Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
~ Robert Morgan
Whenever I haven't known what to do, I've just tried to do what comes next
~ Robert Morgan
Nunca puedes predecir lo que pasará en una pelea. Si eres lo bastante estúpido como para iniciar una, serás culpable de lo que ocurra, sea intencionado o no.
~ Robert Muchamore
You can't make an omelette without cracking eggs
~ Robert Muchamore
The last time you lost your cool like this, you ended up throwing Will Clarke off a rooftop.
~ Robert Muchamore
What's the plan?' Kevin asked warily. Jake shrugged. 'Run like hell and try climbing over the fence.' 'Does that actually count as a plan?' Ronan asked.
~ Robert Muchamore
One does what one is; one becomes what one does.
~ Robert Musil
Anyone who still wants to experience fairytales these days can't afford to dither when it comes to using their brains.
~ Robert Musil
The world's enduring lesson is that opportunities must be seized. Fail to act with resolution, and you are lost. All your dreams turn to dust.
~ Robert N. Charrette
Need is a weak word. has nothing to do with what people get. Ain't what you need that matters. It's what you do.
~ Robert Newton Peck
What can we know? How we should act? What might we hope for?
~ Robert P. Crease
He concluded that while the Constitution protected freedom of religious belief, the same privilege did not necessarily extend to freedom of religious action.
~ Robert P. Jones
Take action and be brave Theodor for it is fear and inaction that kills.
~ Robert Radcliffe
Splash or crash? Do you want special ops messing about in boats? Or special ops messing in aeroplanes?
~ Robert Radcliffe
All right,' said Pooley, 'as panic is clearly ill-received hereabouts, what do we do?
~ Robert Rankin
Perhaps the most important reason of all for taking action now is that time is finite. No matter how proficient you are, you can only accomplish so much in a lifetime. Every second that's wasted reduces the totality of what you can accomplish by one second
~ Robert Ringer
In order to do good, you may have to engage in evil
~ Robert S. McNamara
He can either act as a judge or a leader….I have always believed in and endeavored to follow the active leadership role as opposed to the passive judicial role.
~ Robert S. McNamara
High achievers spot rich opportunities swiftly, make big decisions quickly and move into action immediately.
~ Robert Schuller
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.
~ Robert Schuller
Organized religion provides a model of the way all organizations, from the state down to the village garden club, end a price in terms of a member's freedom of thought and action.
~ Robert Shea
Action isn't my forte. I'm an expert on contemplation and mild regret.
~ Robert Sheckley
A great majority of Terrans were idealists, and they believed fervently in concepts such as truth, justice, mercy, and the like. And not only did they believe, they also let those noble concepts guide their actions—except when it would be inconvenient or unprofitable. When that happened, they acted expediently, but continued to talk moralistically. This meant that they were "hypocrites" —a term which every race has its counterpart of.
~ Robert Sheckley