Quotes About Action

Olive trees grow in the same climate and soil conditions as grapes. The olive oil people have been up in Napa Valley all along, going, "Hey, how do we get a piece of this action?

Seriously hairy shit was going down on a regular basis.

How unwise had the wanderers been, who had deserted its shelter, entangled themselves in the web of society, and entered on what men of the world called life, - that labyrinth of evil, that scheme of mutual torture. To live, according to this sense of the word, we must not only observe and learn, we must also feel; we must not only be mere spectators of action, we must act; we must not describe, but be subjects of description.

Wayward human nature will rebel against mental sloth. We must act, suffer, or enjoy; or the worst of all torments is ours - such restless agony as old poets figured as befalling a living soul imprisoned in the bark of a tree. We are not born to be cabbages.

Thinking and planning is one side of life; doing is another. A man cannot be doing all the time.

We are given chances, and after that it is up to us. If we have neither the courage nor the wit to grasp them and follow them up, then they are gone, and gone for ever. At least we must try.

If you're in doubt choosing between two actions, remember this is an example of free will, and if you later regret your choice, it may nevertheless steer you in the right direction.

La prima mossa è quasi sempre un trucco, è la seconda la più efficace... l'importante è colpire il bersaglio. 

For a number of years, perhaps since the end of the Cold War, the language of ideals and principles had been fading from American political discourse too, giving way to the language of realism and action.

You're gonna miss each and every shot you can't be bothered to take. That's not living life--that's just being a tourist. Take every shot, Kate. If it's worth caring about, no matter how impossible you think it is--you take the shot.

encourage you to go out and do it because knowledge is useless unless you put it into action.

Test it out and see what happens. Most importantly, have fun with it!     Chapter 5: What Our Bodies Are Really Saying Talk is cheap. Actions

What you decide to do in every moment determines what will happen the rest of your life.

All the semantic elements share a distinguishing feature: They don't really do anything.

Strong self-esteem depends on two things. The first is what most of this book has been about: learning to think in healthy ways about yourself. The second key to self-esteem is the ability to make things happen, to see what you want and go for it: literally to create your own life.

They're always like, 'Would my character really do this or really do that?' And I'm like, 'Who gives a shit? Just make them do it, you coward. Don't be so passive.' You and I, we're in charge of what we can do and what we can't do.

what would Scarecrow do!

Holy shit, she thought. The dragons are throwing cars at me!

If a right is a prohibition on human wrongdoing, and if animals can be the object of wrongful human action, then to precisely that extent animals have rights - not, of course, among one another, but only in their encounters with us.

Why just say grace when you can show it?

To know and not act is to not know.

You are not what you intend, you are what you do. Intention and action are separated by a chasm

While we are living in the present, we must celebrate life every day, knowing that we are becoming history with every work, every action, every deed.

It's down in your own heart. Religion is in your thoughts, and in the way you act from day to day, in the way you treat other people. It's honesty, and unselfishness, and kindness. Especially kindness.