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Quotes About Action

He tells us that life isn't about what happens to you, it's about what you do about what happens to you.
~ Wendelin Van Draanen
Only in education, never in the life of farmer, sailor, merchant, physician, or laboratory experimenter, does knowledge mean primarily a store of information aloof from doing.
~ John Dewey
I even tried to tell myself to live my best life today.
~ John Green
Be busy in trading, receiving, and giving, for life is too good to be wasted in living.
~ John Sterling
Much can and must be done by governments, but they cannot of themselves change lives.
~ Jonathan Sacks
Life marches by, I suggest you get on with it.
~ Joy Baluch
I never wanted to be the person who said, "I woulda, coulda, shoulda." Life is way too short, and you may not last that long.
~ Joy Bryant
You don't have to spend eight years of your life trying to get something done. You can get your answers very quickly, and there's something satisfying about that.
~ June Diane Raphael
No point in thinking, you just have to get on with life. We only have one after all, we should try and do our best. We can never get it right, but we must try.
~ Kate Atkinson
Life goes by rapidly. Don't delay. Don't put it off. Don't wait until you have some spare time. Don't wait until the time's 'right'.
~ Ken Keyes Jr.
Life is to be lived through action not by dreaming.
~ Kenneth G. Wilson
Life is something to be done, and so is drama.
~ Kevin Vanhoozer
Everyday life became infused with urgency as I tried to speak and act in ways that fit the holy script and glorified God in new contexts.
~ Kevin Vanhoozer
For to be idle is to become a stranger unto the seasons, and to step out of life's procession that marches in majesty and proud submission towards the infinite.
~ Khalil Gibran
People have choices in this life. They should exercise them responsibly.
~ Kimberly Guilfoyle
One thing I can tell you for sure is this: we only regret what we don't do in life.
~ Kristin Hannah
As long as he had life, who deserved it so little, he would use it, wield it, and do whatever he could in its name, even if it was not, was never, enough
~ Laini Taylor
Because he is a living divinity, when he acts, the universe acts.
~ Laozi
I tell people that I've now done one decent thing in my life. Albeit inadvertently.
~ Larry David
One couldn't spend one's entire life waiting for life to start.
~ Laura Lee
Life isn't life if you just float through it.
~ Lauren Oliver
It's possible to have an awesome life, but it's up to ourselves to do it.
~ Lee Hammond
We have to live life with a sense of urgency so not a minute is wasted.
~ Les Brown
That's always the way in life: the longer you leave things, the harder they are to do.
~ Lisa Jewell