Quotes About Action

Das Negative zu tun, ist uns noch auferlegt, das Positive ist uns schon gegeben.

In Kafka's story Wedding Preparations in the Country, Edward Raban fantasizes about splitting into two forms: one, to remain in bed all day, dreaming; the other, to go forth and conduct the business of the world.

Der Tod ist vor uns, etwa wie im Schulzimmer an der Wand ein Bild der Alexanderschlacht. Es kommt darauf an, durch unsere Taten noch in diesem Leben das Bild zu verdunkeln oder gar auszulöschen.

he had acted with no thought at all for what might follow and had been made to suffer for it.

Para el sospechoso es mejor moverse que sentarse, ya que puede estar, sin saberlo, sobre una balanza y ser pesado según sus pecados

Actually, he said, it's not my job to improve things here, as you put it, and if you said that to someone like the examining magistrate you'd be laughed at or punished. I certainly wouldn't have become involved in these matters of my own free will, and I would never have lost any sleep over the shortcomings of this judicial system. But because I was supposedly placed under arrest - I've been arrested, you see - I've been forced to take action in my own behalf.

Two alternatives: either to make oneself infinitesimally small, or to be so. The former is perfection and hence inaction; the latter a beginning and therefore action.

If you're under suspicion it's better to be moving than still, as if you're still you can be in the pan of the scales without knowing it and be weighed along with your sins.

For a suspect, movement is better than staying still, for someone who is still can always, without realizing it, be in the scales and be weighed with his sins.

Now he remembered this long since forgotten resolution, and quickly forgot it again, like someone pulling a short thread right through the eye of a needle.

When the mood takes me, I like to be a man of action. I like to windsurf and ski, and most of all I love to ride horses. The wilder and faster the better!

'Revolutions' was beyond my wildest dreams. I just really enjoyed it so much visually, the action and then the story and the characters, the beauty of that. The love in the film really inspired me.

If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?

People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do.

I believe in karma; what you do will come back.

If you throw stones in mud, it will only spoil your clothes.

Don't wait. The time will never be just right.

To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last - but eat you he will.

One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present itself again.

In our obscurity - in all this vastness - there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. It is up to us.

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

Anything can be changed. Anything can be fixed. Things that are broken can be fixed. And you don't have to be some billionaire or millionaire to do it. You just have to be a person with a vision and the passion to do it, and be willing to fight for it every day.

I am fiercely loyal to those willing to put their money where my mouth is.

What I can do for my country, I am willing to do.