Quotes About Action

Power is the ability to get things done.

It isn't enough to say "Be honest" or "Do the right thing," because in moments of conflict many of us lack the skills to move through the fear and put our values into action. The context of the situation really matters more than a catchphrase. What's way more useful for boys is to talk to them about what integrity looks like to you under duress.

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.

Now is it time to burn the house?

Hildegarde stood, scratched her nose, an act for which she must later say a penance.

There's a word for your impulse, Louise. Cacoëthes,' I said to her. 'The urge to do something somewhat wrong. Not something unspeakable or horrific. Just something you know is a bad idea.

The door is open. Go!

I want to know everything, everything, screeched Harriet suddenly, lying back and bouncing up and down on the bed. Everything in the world, everything, everything. I will be a spy and know everything. It won't do you a bit of good to know everything if you don't do anything with it.

Donc pas d erreur? Ce qu on faisait a se tirer dessus, comme ca, sans meme se voir, n etait pas defendu! Cela faisait partie des choses qu on peut faire sans meriter une bonne engueulade.

In this business of getting killed, it's no use being picky and choosy…You've got to act as if life were going on, and that lie is the hardest part of it.

If we didn't find it, we could always pass out at the foot of some wall and sleep for an hour, if there was an hour left. In this business of getting killed, it's no use being picky and choosy … You've got to act as if life were going on, and that lie is the hardest part of it.

You just said you love them, Susannah," Helen said finally. "So you must ask yourself: what are you willing to do for them?

I'd rather regret the things I have done than the things that I haven't.

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.

I'd rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not.

I would rather regret the things I have done than the things I have not

If I have exhausted the justifications, I have reached bedrock and my spade is turned. Then I am inclined to say: 'This is simply what I do.

IfI wanted to eat an apple, and someone punched me in the stomach, taking away my appetite, then it was this punch that I originally wanted

But doesn't it come out here that knowledge is related to a decision?

Let us not forget this: when 'I raise my arm', my arm goes up. And the problem arises: what is left over if I subtract the fact that my arm goes up from the fact that I raise my arm?

If someone tells me he has bought the outfit of a tightrope walker I am not impressed until I see what is done with it.

476. Children do not learn that books exist, that armchairs exist, etc. etc., - they learn to fetch books, sit in armchairs, etc. etc.

Per chi cade nella colpa, signore, il responsabile di tutte le colpe che seguono, non è sempre chi, primo, determinò la caduta?

Todo homem é a soma não das suas decisões, mas das suas hesitações, ou do que, pensando melhor, decidiu não fazer.