Quotes About Action

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

If you cry "Forward," you must make plain in what direction to go.

When a man spends the least possible number of movements over one definite action, that is grace.

There is no way to convince everyone to support the revitalization of our languages, so laying out reasons for our efforts does not mean we wait for them all to join the movement. We act and advocate at the same time. The acting is required to combat inertia. We don't have time to waste.

lamentar las cosas no sirve de nada y resolverlas sirve de mucho.

Chrysippus' questions might be useful. He asked: 'Is there good or bad at hand? Is it appropriate to react?' This could be supplemented with a few more, producing a kind of Chrysippan flowchart:

Knowledge of precepts and understanding appropriate action can help us to live ethically. But even more important is cultivating what could be called 'calm emotions'. For the Stoics, these were joy, wishing and caution. These are supposed to be a rational alternative to ordinary kinds of emotions: joy replaces pleasure, wishing replaces desire and caution replaces fear.

In the Dhammap?da, happiness and unhappiness are said to originate in the mind: 'Speak or act with a corrupted mind, And suffering follows As the wagon wheel follows the hoof of the ox. … Speak or act with a peaceful mind, And happiness follows Like a never-departing shadow.

Epictetus, for instance, challenged the idea that we improve solely by reading books and acquiring knowledge. Instead, we should demonstrate that the knowledge has really sunk in: 'A builder does not come and say, "Listen to me talking on the art of building", … but undertakes to build a house and proves by building it that he knows the art.

Both Buddhism and Stoicism strongly encourage us to cultivate understanding and ethical action through spiritual practice. We may not share their precise views, but they certainly seem correct in their assessment that a good life requires more than positive feelings.

There are those who contend that it does not benefit African-Americans to get them into the University of Texas where they do not do well, as opposed to having them go to a less-advanced school, a slower-track school where they do well.

Verus Quid Factum

Hoy es siempre todavía, toda la vida es ahora. Y ahora, ahora es el momento de cumplir las promesas que nos hicimos. Porque ayer no lo hicimos, porque mañana es tarde. Ahora.

Situated in some nebulous distance I do what I do so that the universal balance of which I am a part may remain a balance.

Yes, I will try to be. Because I believe that not being is arrogant.

E anche questo mi dà il senso di una libertà bella e superflua, come quando hai pensato a lungo di fare una certa cosa e finalmente ci sei riuscito. E ora, che fare?

He's suffering from Politician's Logic. Something must be done, this is something, therefore we must do it.

A person who actually believes in KARMA does neither take the examples of mythological stories to talk about it to the people nor is seen doing regularly the rituals of religion called DHARMA.

A person who is truly positive will not merely advise others to stay away from the negative people ,but will also back-up own point with a solid action/reason somewhere as why s/he calls someone a toxic.

A person who listens often to the sermon,but does not display in sync attitudinal action towards others is truly a deaf or duffer and the one who as master delivers such oration to those stupid people is actually a self-seeker or swindler.

A wise does not have necessarily nice words but always good in intention; a wicked may have regularly sweet voice, but always bad in back action.

A wise person has an action or a tone of protection for the people, but others have own voice full of either advice that may look nice often with the word 'YOU' or thoughts of hidden selfish intention.

An intelligent believes in rolling up the sleeves and pulling up the socks whereas a sycophant is always ready to going down on knees and taking off the pant.

Anyone can give any number of advice often nice with the word 'YOU' in own voice; but he who is truly different, positive and wise always shows a constructive action on his words to unearth lies.