Quotes About Action

We are deluged by information regarding our destruction of the world and hear almost nothing about how to nurture it. It is no surprise then that environmentalism becomes synonymous with dire predictions and powerless feelings. Our natural inclination to do right by the world is stifled, breeding despair when it should be inspiring action.

use your gifts and dreams for good

Despair is paralysis. It robs us of agency. It blinds us to our own power and the power of the earth.

If people only knew . . . then they would, what? Stop? I honor their faith in people, but so far the if-then formula isn't working. People do know the consequences of our collective damage, they do know the wages of an extractive economy, but they don't stop.

My mother had her own more pragmatic ritual of respect: the translation of reverence and intention into action.

Jack, there are only two of us here. One of us is going to push him out, one of us is going to catch him. Which job do you want?" (Melinda talking to her husband)

You never really know how much one small single act can change things.

let's go downstairs.

His Blazer shot forward, sliding just a little. "I'll be

Spurred by fear , fueled by Adrenaline

You proceeded irregardless

You know what Kovich always says, 'Leave or heave.'" She

She set down the glass, palmed the

on your hands. First prong. To reopen

Hope isn't a feeling, it's an act.

Decide what you want and do what gets it.' " Dom nodded. "Nothing else matters. No rules, no laws. Not what you should want. Not being right. Not your pride.

Let me, I like to.

Decide what you want and do what gets it.'

How can I help change things if I sit by and do nothing?

Men are so sure of themselves, and they have such courage and conviction. They believe-truly believe- that they can make things happen just by speaking the words, and in many cases they can.

The Four Virtues--virtue, demeanor, speech, and work.

Lia aimed, shifted and waited, watching one man peek out time and time again. She let her arrow fly anticipating his next peek at us and it pierced his eye. "Okay that's just going to make 'em mad " I said. "Three hundred and ninety-two " she said to Luca tossing her braid over her shoulder and taking aim again. "Saints in heaven " he said to me rolling his eyes "how much deeper in love can I yet fall?

I am here for a reason. This is no haphazard mistake. What good can I do with what I have?

How good it felt, to do some good, here and there. Perhaps this was what it meant to be an adult. To grab the opportunity at hand, make the most of the day, regardless of what it looked like.