Quotes About Action

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

The secret of getting things done is to act!

Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.

I don't create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done.

If you're going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.

I'm a believer in karma, and I'm also a believer that things happen for a reason.

One of the core organizing principles of my life is that success comes through a delicate balance between making things happen and letting things happen.

Business has the unique ability to make things happen fast and at scale.

My impact on the game was going out there and making things happen.

I was probably a naive youth, but I saw that I could make things happen.

Let your voice be heard. Don't stand idly by and let things happen to you. Question everything; be informed.

I'd far rather talk about players. They are the people who make things happen.

You have citizens who don't understand how government works and they're kind of soured on it. All they do is criticize. They have no idea that they can make things happen.

I have never believed that things happen by themselves.

I believe you have to make things happen.

The way you challenge Superman is by having things happen very, very quickly in different places and then asking, 'Who does he save first? What powers must he use to save each person or stop each disaster?' That's one of the ways you make him interesting beyond the thematic and moral issues that make Superman.

Anyone who has worked with me knows that I am extremely action-oriented. I'm all about making things happen.

As always, things happen sooner rather than later on 'Arrow.'

Bad things happen when you try to let things just happen. You can't be passive.

Two things happen when you're fearful. First, you make seemingly rational decisions that are actually hedges. Or second, you fail to do something because you worry about the consequences.

We're too complacent. We let things happen to us. And you don't have to let things happen to you. You can affect change.

In football, things happen so quickly.