Quotes About Action

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Personal success or personal satisfaction are not worth another thought if one does achieve them, or worth worrying about if they evade one or are slow in coming. All that is really worth while is action - faithful action, for the world, and in God.

Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.

The Constitution is worth saving, the rule of law is worth saving, democracy is worth saving, but these things can and will be lost if everyone waits around for someone else.

Action films don't speak to me, because that's not my skill set. I also have a lot of stipulations about stories I don't want to perpetuate, ones that bring me down or make me feel like life's not worth living.

Death seems to be a long way off. Is this not shallow thinking? It is worthless and is only a joke within a dream. It will not do to think in such a way and be negligent. Insofar as death is always at one's door, one should make sufficient effort and act quickly.

Grant us a brief delay; impulse in everything is but a worthless servant.

Awareness without action is worthless.

Your sympathy is worthless to people in need without action.

Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct.

Heritage Action is a self-interested fundraising organization led by a former Giuliani staffer who is not taking counsel from real conservatives... It is a worthless organization to the conservative movement. I'll be the first to say that.

When I started writing, I was reading people such as Tom Clancy or Michael Crichton, who did 'Jurassic Park,' which is possibly the most action-filled book you'll read, apart from mine, and I said to myself, 'Why aren't these guys doing big-scale action like you would see in a movie?'

If you're going to fight Tom Cruise, you really don't want to make that man bleed.

I can watch 'Mission: Impossible' all day every day. Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt is so hot.

This film, Tomb Raider 2, is a big challenge. It's quite exhausting.

For me, there have been times when an action movie, even a 'Tomb Raider,' has helped me get out of myself and be physical again. It's like therapy.

But I would love to have played Angelina Jolie in 'Tomb Raider'. Lara Croft! I've done the training so I'm half-way there. Now I just need to get her face and body! She is so hot.

I have always wanted to do something high octane. I've wanted to tackle an action role where I play a tomboy but empower myself as a woman.

We live on this speck called Earth - think about what you might do, today or tomorrow - and make the most of it.

Tomorrow's not promised so you've really got to take advantage of what you have in the present.

Tomorrow let us do or die!

Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform.

If you do a good job right now, today, then tomorrow will take care of itself. That's all you can do.

When an opportunity comes, it holds possibilities. And when you move away from it or don't sense it or grasp it, you're really throwing away your future; you're throwing away your tomorrow.