Quotes About Action

Decision is the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made nothing happens.

If you don't take chances, you can't do anything in life.

RoboCop was maybe the best summer of my entire life.

I was able to change my life by knowing that if somebody does something good for you, you have to respond.

Life is made of our attitudes. And there are certain things that the gods oblige us to live through. Their reason for this does not matter, and there is no action we can take to make them pass us by.

Nothing happens until you decide.

It is always with the best intentions that the worst work is done.

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

If you want to get on in life get off your arse because it ain't going to come to you. And if it does come to you and you're not off your arse then you ain't going to keep it very long.

If you want swashbuckling action in your life, become an entrepreneur and give it a go.

When in the world are we going to begin to live as if we understood that this is life? This is our time, our day...and it is passing. What are we waiting for?

Never confuse activity with productivity.

I've never thought sitting around worrying helps anything, except to help shorten your life.

For some of the large indignities of life, the best remedy is direct action. For the small indignities, the best remedy is a Charlie Chaplin movie. The hard part is knowing the difference.

The purpose of life is not to do what we want but what needs to be done.

You'd figure he'd go do something with his life, like maybe he could enlist and actually become a marine!

Life is a series of moments. The quality of attention and action that we bring to each moment determines the quality of our lives.

Genuine inner freedom is the ultimate aim of life. It is the unspoken goal of every thought you have and every action you take.

God's Law of Cause and Effect: Your rewards in life will always be equal to the amount and quality of service rendered, in the long run.

I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness.

Sometimes you regret the things you do, but they're over and done. Regretting the things you didn't do is tougher because they're still out there, haunting you with the what ifs.

Lots of people take the option of not activating their own life, of really letting it happen.

Don't live life as a spectator.

Meditation is the life of the soul: Action, the soul of meditation; and honor the reward of action.