Quotes About Action

the Borderers regarded reiving as legitimate (which is true), but that they held murder to be a crime, and consequently were reluctant to commit it—except in the heat of action or when covered by the virtual absolution of deadly feud. It is rather like saying that a heavy drinker, in his sober moments, is an abstemious man.

By God, I wish that spit had been a real one, with me to turn it.

The consequences of every act are included in the act itself.

We are the dead. Our only true life is in the future. We shall take part in it as handfuls of dust and splinters of bone. But how far away that future may be, there is no knowing. It might be a thousand years. At present nothing is possible except to extend the area of sanity little by little. We cannot act collectively. We can only spread our knowledge outwards from individual to individual, generation after generation. In the face of the Thought Police there is no other way.

The distinguishing mark of man is the hand, the instrument with which he does all his mischief.

Jack London)"He was an adventurer and a man of action as few writers have ever been . . . the excellence of his short stories has been almost forgotten.

To mark the paper was the decisive act.

It would not have occurred to her that an action which is ineffectual thereby becomes meaningless. If you loved someone, you loved him, and when you had nothing else to give, you still gave him love.

But what a way to do things-never to perform a decent action until you are kicked into it and the rest of the world has ceased to believe that your motives can possibly be honest.

Don't let it happen, it's up to you

Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the rights of the citizen.

Gerçek tek hayat?m?z gelecektedir. Onun oluÅŸmas?nda bizler kemik parçalar?y?z. GeleceÄŸin ne kadar uzakta olduÄŸunu bilemeyiz. Belki bin y?l sonrad?r. Åžimdi, ak?lc? düÅŸünenlerin say?s?n? azar azar coÄŸaltmaktan baÅŸka yapabileceÄŸimiz bir ÅŸey yok.

to push an inconvenient person over a cliff solves nothing.

Our wise acts accompany us through life to please us and to help us. Just as surely, our unwise acts follow us to plague and torment us. Alas, they cannot be forgotten. In the front rank of the torments that do follow us are the memories of the things we should have done, of the opportunities which came to us and we took not.

Opportunity waste no time on those who are unprepared.

Those eager to grasp opportunities for their betterment, do attract the interest of the good goddess. She is ever anxious to aid those who please her. Men of action please her best . Action will lead thee forward to the successes thou dost desire. MEN OF ACTION ARE FAVORED BY THE GODDESS OF GOOD LUCK                                                

Onze daden kunnen slechts zo verstandig zijn als onze gedachten.

Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts. Our thinking can be no wiser than our understanding.

I delayed making a decision until it was too late, much to my subsequent regret.

four buyers rushed out in search of flocks.

he accepts not opportunity when she comes. He waits. He says I have much business right now. Bye and bye I talk to you. Opportunity, she will not wait for such slow fellow. She thinks if a man desires to be lucky he will step quick. Any man not step quick when opportunity comes, he big procrastinator like our friend, this merchant.

She is ever anxious to aid those who please her. Men of action please her best.

I learned that to attract good luck to oneself, it is necessary to take advantage of opportunities.

Men of Action are Favored by the goddess of Good Luck.