Quotes About Action

We don't live in vacuums; we do care about the world, and we do want to believe our country is doing the right thing on our behalf.

There is that definition of leadership that says, 'Leadership is convincing people to do things that they otherwise wouldn't have done because you've made them believe it's the right thing to do.' And a great speech can do that.

You've got to go with what you think is the right thing in the moment, based on everything that's presented to you.

I believe that, at the end of the day, the American people are going to do the right thing for America and for the world.

And at NYU, I went to the Atlantic Theater Company, and they have two main points. One of them is to always be active in something instead of just feeling it. And the other is figuring out your character.

My family loves movies. My dad and I used to eat a huge breakfast, and then we'd just go hang out at the theater all day together. We loved movies like 'Indiana Jones' and 'James Bond.' We were both big action-adventure movie fans. So I kind of grew up with an appreciation for film.

I realized that after years of studying Shakespeare and Chekhov and regional repertory theater, what I really wanted to do was bust in and rob a bank and jump in the screaming getaway car and tear through the city and get in a shootout.

The first rule of good theatre is 'Show, don't tell.' It applies to good political action as well.

My representation overseas can't stand me doing theatre because it takes me out of action. But it's what I want to do. If it means passing up other possibilities, them's the breaks.

Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.

Don't be afraid - if you don't exercise your rights, you will lose them.

Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything.

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.

The main question in drama, the way I was taught, is always, 'What does the protagonist want?' That's what drama is. It comes down to that. It's not about theme, it's not about ideas, it's not about setting, but what the protagonist wants.

The idea that we cause harm by doing what we perceive to be the right thing, that's another theme that interests me. Because most people don't intend to cause harm, they cause harm by doing the right thing - in their mind.

I kind of approach action/non-action very much similarly. It has to be character-based and it has to kind of come off the theme and the overall arc.

coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave. —Mahatma Gandhi

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Concentrate on the good you can do and don't gnaw on the hopeless cases. It'll just make you sad.

But knowing the first step will get you knowhere - it's what comes after that determines the result.

People can be so frightened of failing that they do nothing, or choose something so dull they have no chance of shining. - Molly

There is a time for faith, Bishop, and a time for action. It would be a foolish man who stood on a battlefield and faced an army with a Bible in his hands. We are here to do the bidding of our Lord Almighty, but it is through deeds, as well as piety, that we serve Him.

No Christian has the power to avoid suffering entirely. It is the human condition. What we do control is how we act in the face of it. Will we run from it and betray our Lord? Or will we accept it as a severe mercy? The choices we will make when put to the ultimate test depend on the choices we make today, in a time of peace.