Quotes About Action

When we hold back out of laziness, that is when we tie ourselves into knots of boredom.

I've made lots of mistakes. Probably the worst one - I would say they tie. It's either when I didn't move fast enough on something, or I didn't take a big enough risk.

The way you present a stunt is tied in to the way you photograph it, so you're hanging out with the cinematographer.

The whole reason Pinterest exists is to help people discover the things that they love and then go take action on them, and a lot of the things they take action on are tied to commercial intent.

I'm not much of a plotter. I start off with an inciting incident, and in classic crime fiction what happens is that all the action flows from that incident. It's very comfy when it all ties up and feels like a complete universe, but my stuff doesn't always work that way.

A tiger does not shout its tigritude, it acts.

Our feature film, 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Two,' has a built-in fan base from the original film.

'Crouching Tiger,' of course, was a very dramatic role for me, and the fighting was very serious.

There have been things over the years that didn't work. 'Body Of Lies,' directed by Ridley Scott, which I did with Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio, is a really tight action thriller, but when it opened in the U.S. it was number two to 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua.'

SUTRA #10 As far as the laws of existence are concerned, there is no good and bad, no crime and punishment. It is just that for every action, there is a consequence.

The basis of karma is simple: you are the source of all your baggage.

how to handle it. The yogic system gives no commandments whatsoever. It leaves you free to choose whether you want to generate positive karma for the future, distance yourself from your karmic package, or dissolve it altogether.

Whenever we have had to do something about our lives, we have taken it into our hands. Whenever it comes to other people's misfortunes, we have a word to explain it: destiny.

What is karma? Literally, the word means action.

Karma cannot be distributed democratically.

Krishna says in the Gita, "The worst crime in the world is indecision.

Ideas are easy. It's the execution that's hard. —Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon

Remember, the only way to avoid a "no" is not to try

In the creative world, ideas are worthless unless they are acted on.

lack of execution is: "The single biggest obstacle to success and the cause of most disappointments.

A business plan is a worthless piece of paper without someone rolling their sleeves up, getting their hands dirty and turning it into a living, breathing, operating business.

It's easier to get forgiveness than permission. If you wait for permissions and authorizations, your ideas will stall and never see the light of day.

If you wait too long for the perfect idea, your creativity will stay between your ears in inertia.

The opposite of success isn't failure, it's doing nothing.