Quotes About Action

She had never done these things before; she did them expertly. She had a capacity for action, a competence that clashed incongruously with her appearance.

We are not used to persons who do things simply for the love of god whom they don't believe in.

Man has the power to act as his own destroyer--and that is the way he has acted through most of history." --Atlast Shrugged

She had forgotten every problem, person and event behind her; they had always been clouded in her sight, to be hurried past, to be brushed aside, never final, never quite real. This was reality, she thought, this sense of clear outlines, of purpose, of lightness, of hope. This was the way she had expected to live—she had wanted to spend no hour and take no action that would mean less than this.

No action could be lower or more futile than for one person to throw upon another the burden of his abdication of choice.

When the train stopped, when she got off and heard the concrete of the platform under her heels, she felt light, lifted, impelled to action. She started off, walking fast, as if the speed of her steps could give form to the things she felt.

I shall remind you thatrights are a moral principle defining and sanctioning a man's freedom of action in a social context, that are derived from man's nature as a rational being and represent a necessary condition of his particular mode of survival. I shall remind you also that the right to life is the source of all rights, including the right to property.

If you believe that you have the right to force me—use your guns openly. I will not help you to disguise the nature of your action.

Man has the power to act as his own destroyer and that is he has acted through most of history.

that when you change what you believe, you change what you do.

He was taking control, rather than simply letting things happen to him. Then

What would I do if I weren't afraid?

when you change what you believe, you change what you do.

He knew sometimes some fear can be good. When you are afraid things are going to get worse if you don't do something, it can prompt you into action. But it is not good when you are so afraid that it keeps you from doing anything.

He was taking control, rather than simply letting things happen to him.

He knew that when you change what you believe, you change what you do.

Qué harías si no tuvieras miedo?

They liked working in a company that valued action and results.

Sure you can. It's not hard, if you just let go and try.

In short, we suffer from an "illusion of control" that fools us into thinking the future is more predictable and less uncertain than it really is. Or worse, we believe we can influence chance events through our own actions.3

Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands but yours, no feet but yours, Yours are the eyes through which to look out Christ's compassion to the world Yours are the feet with which he is to go about doing good; Yours are the hands with which he is to bless men now.

The First Mistake in Public Business Is the Going into It

He muscled words into deeds

Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.