Quotes About Action

Lo que hoy no ocurra, no estará hecho mañana y no hay que dejar pasar ni un solo día.

But in what splendor from this storm evolving, Vaults up the shimmering arc, in variance lasting, Now purely limned and now in air dissolving, A cooling fragrance all about it casting. This mirrors all aspiring human action. On this your mind for clearer insight fasten: That life is ours by colorful refraction.

There is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself that Providence moves, too. Whatever you can do or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.

Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do

Che voialtri, parlando di una cosa dobbiate subito dire: questo è folle e questo è ragionevole, questo è bene e questo è male! Ha forse un senso tutto ciò? Con ciò avete forse indagato i movimenti interiori di un'azione? Sapete forse determinare esattamente le cause per cui è stata compiuta, per cui doveva essere compiuta? Se così fosse, non sareste tanto sbrigativi nei vostri giudizi.

And I mock at my heart - and then do what it demands.

Aquel que quiere obrar correctamente, debe servirse de la herramienta apropiada.

La acción es todo, la gloria nada es.

Man ought not, like a mushroom, to spring up And rot upon the ground that nourished him, Leaving no trace of life-like energy!

Nadie sabe lo que hace mientras actúa correctamente, pero de lo que está mal uno siempre es consciente.

Qualquer coisa que você possa fazer ou sonhar, você pode começar. A ousadia tem genialidade, poder e magia em si.

One must be something in order to do something.

How can a man come to know himself? Never by thinking, but by doing. Try to do your duty and you will know at once what you are worth.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Wishing is not enough; we must do.

Personalmente preferisco sopportare nel mio ambiente errori e infrazioni fino a quando posso imporre la virtù contraria, piuttosto che liberarmi dell'errore senza vederlo sostituito da nulla di corretto. L'essere umano ama fare il bene, l'utile, se solo riesce ad arrivarci; lo fa per fare qualcosa e non riflette in merito più di quanto non faccia su quegli sciocchi scherzi che compie per ozio e noia.

Denken ist einfach, handeln ist schwer, und die eigenen Gedanken in die Tat umzusetzen ist die schwierigste Sache auf der Welt. To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult.

Mentre la vita ci trascina, crediamo di agire di nostra volontà, di scegliere la nostra attività, i nostri divertimenti; a ben vedere siamo costretti a eseguire solo i progetti, le inclinazioni del tempo.

77 The man who is up and doing should see to it that what he does is right. Whether or not right is done, is a matter which should not trouble him.

He slammed out of the room, determined to speak with Captian Overly himself. If there was any way to get the Merhammer turned around short of holding a gun to the man,he would do it.

A bad deed always brings a punishment.

It is not enough to know, we must also apply; it is not enough to will, we must also do.

Learn how to get the fire going. The drive to go forward is more important than your intelligence. That's how you can get anything you want in life.

Those on the right can do what those on the left talk about," Nixon replied.

There will never be "the right time" in your life to do a great thing. You must create that time and greatness will follow.