Quotes About Action

If you believe in a cause, you must be willing to put yourself on the line for that cause.

I want to be one that is willing to do things that are not easy but that need to be done.

If someone as blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will?

If only 7 percent of the 2 billion Christians in the world would care for a single orphan in distress, there would effectively be no more orphans. If everybody would be willing to simply do something to care for one of these precious treasures, I think we would be amazed by just how much we could change the world.

It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.

If a person is not willing to make a mistake, you're never going to do anything right.

Technology isn't the enemy, it is our ally, but only if we adopt a new model that puts people before profit. I realize that we seem far from that model, but I have seen it in action and it is a beautiful thing. So I'm not willing to give up yet. Hope is the last thing to die.

We must be prepared to face our responsibilities and be willing to use force if necessary.

My job is to get people back to work and make tough decisions. I've been willing to do it.

How do we expect change to occur if we are not willing to put on the whole armor of God and fight injustice wherever it raises its ugly head?

For us, someone who is willing to step forward and help is much more courageous than someone who is merely fulfilling the role.

There is no visible sign that the current politicians in the US are willing to see the need for change.

Guilt is the price we pay willingly for doing what we are going to do anyway.

While Congressional members face the political costs of debate on military action, our service members bear the human costs of those decisions. And if we choose to avoid debate, avoid accountability, avoid a hard decision, how can we demand that our military willingly sacrifice their very lives?

Since I believe that a person's philosophical point of view has little meaning if it is not matched by being and action, I found myself willingly wed to an endless series of unpopular causes, experiences which I feel enriched my writing as much as they depleted other aspects of my life.

Once we as doctors are entrusted with the well-being of our patients and their children, it is our duty to take action, to be selfless, and fulfill our obligation to the service of others. I did so willingly, and it brought me great joy throughout my professional career. However, I always had a desire to do more.

In information technology, money is not the issue. Willingness to implement and execute is the issue.

Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway.

Personal responsibility is not only recognizing the errors of our ways. Personal responsibility lies in our willingness and ability to correct those errors individually and collectively.

But, as you have intimated, I am among those who would be very wary of any military action in the light of Saddam Hussein's willingness to allow the weapons inspectors to go in.

If you're not in it you can't win it.

Your karma should be good, and everything else will follow. Your good karma will always win over your bad luck.

I'm not going to win games by talking about it. Just by doing it.

We have to fight climate change like we actually want to win.