Quotes About Action

Only men must do. It's in their nature to do, and much of what they've done is for the best, only sometimes they start doing before they understand that what they'll get won't be nearly as wonderful as what they had.

There was much to learn of people, much to learn of the art of government, which had suddenly become my responsibility. I had already learned to listen to the advice of others but to act only on my own beliefs, and to make my own decisions.

arm was seized and he was thrown over Fallon's back with a flying mare. He hit the ground with a thud and Fallon fell upon him, a knee driving into his solar plexus as Fallon came down, then that

She looked matters in the face and did something about them, and my mother had been such a woman, and Lila even more so.

when we choose a belief and act on it, we change the way things are.

active habit involving an exertion of will.

So remember," said Mr. Kidswatter. "And please be careful! Always check to see if a door is open before going through it. And if it's not open, open it.

After all, you only have one life, so you should make the most of it.

Eat a frog, warthog

Go and make yourself useful, since you are too big to be ornamental.

for action is always easier than quiet waiting.

Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know.

For when women are the advisers, the lords of creation don't take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do; then they act upon it, and, if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it; if it fails, they generously give her the whole.

How she did it, she never knew, but for the next few minutes she worked as if possessed, blindly obeying Laurie, who was quite self-possessed, and lying flat, held Amy up by his arm and hockey stick till Jo dragged a rail from the fence, and together they got the child out, more frightened than hurt.

She tore the letter to atoms.

All of our actions have in their doing the seed of their undoing. ... That in her creation of her children there should be the unspeakable promise of their death, for by their birth she had created mortal beings.

you'll find plenty to keep you busy, just do whatever you see before you that needs to be done.

He was a man who always acted on Flagler's business motto of favoring "sharp, vigorous and decisive measures.

Rather than trying to accomplish everything through its own budget, it would awaken public opinion and stimulate government action.

Yet these were random efforts, not a coordinated counterattack.

After Rockefeller threatened legal action, Dr. Smith settled for $500.

early July 1792, it was clear that George Washington would not have the option of silence or inaction in stemming the feud between Hamilton and Jefferson. He had probably waited too long to assert control. His fine, nonpartisan stance may have only intensified the partisan mischief between his two appointees.

Despite his slow, ponderous style, once he had thoroughly mulled over his plan of action, he had the power of quick decision.

If all the Christians- I mean all of 'em- got outta the pews on Sundays and into the streets, we'd shut the city down. We'd shut down hunger. We'd shut down loneliness. We'd shut down the notion that there is any such of a thing as a person that don't deserve a kind word and a second chance.