Quotes About Action

Sybilla poked her head inside. "We should go down to the hall now or risk Alysandir's displeasure.

A painting to me is primarily a verb, not a noun, an event first and only secondarily an image.

I only did it,' I said, 'now this is going to be the truth, Teddy, I only did it because it seemed to be the glamorous thing to do at the time. It was my ideal of glamour.

When seeing photos of their loved ones being unhappy, sensitive persons also showed more activation in areas suggesting they wanted to do something, to act, even more than in areas involving empathy (perhaps we learn to cool down our intense empathy in order to help). But overall, brain activation indicating empathy was stronger in HSPs

Envy can wake us up to one of two truths: We want something and better do something about it while we still can, or we want something and just cannot have it. […] If your envy is strong and you decide you want to do something, you probably can.

adult humans are capable of directing attention, using willpower, and deciding to overcome a fear. If your envy is strong and you decide you want to do something, you probably can.

However, how will you feel going to your grave without having tried?

Dont' make excuses, make good.

Parties who want milk should not seat themselves on a stool in the middle of a field in hope that the cow will back up to them

An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment

The cure for grief is motion.

Parties who want milk should not seat themselves on a stool in the middle of the field in hopes that the cow will back up to them.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

It is not book learning young men need, nor instruction about this and that, but a stiffening of the vertebrae which will cause them to be loyal to a trust, to act promptly, concentrate their energies, do a thing—"carry a message to Garcia."

Don't make excuses — make good.

A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.

Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal.

Parties who want milk should not seat themselves on a stool in the middle of the field in hope that the cow will back up to them.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

The world bestows its big prizes, both in money and in honors, for but one thing. And that is initiative. What is initiative? I'll tell you: it is doing the right thing without being told.

Y esa incapacidad para la acción independiente, esta estupidez moral, esta atrofia de la voluntad, esta mala gana para remover por sí mismo los obstáculos, es lo que retarda el bienestar colectivo de la sociedad.

these are things that put pure socialism so far into the future. If men will not act for themselves, what will they do when the benefit of their effort is for all?

You're either part of the solution or part of the problem.

What we're saying today is that you're either part of the solution or you're part of the problem.