Quotes About Action

If you wait to be acted upon, you will be acted upon. And growth and opportunity consequences attend either road.

Whenever someone in our family, even one of the younger children, takes an irresponsible position and waits for someone else to make things happen or provide a solution, we tell them, "Use your R and I!" (resourcefulness and initiative).

In the words of Thoreau, "For every thousand hacking at the leaves of evil, there is one striking at the root.

If there is one message to glean from this wisdom, it is that a meaningful life is not a matter of speed or efficiency. It's much more a matter of what you do and why you do it, than how fast you get it done.

Proactive people focus their efforts in the Circle of Influence. They work on the things they can do something about. The nature of their energy is positive, by determining which of these two circles is the focus of most of our time and energy, we can discover much about the degree of our proactivity.

For every thousand hacking at the leaves of evil, there is one striking at the root." We

we sow, we must inevitably reap.

what we sow, we must inevitably reap.

love is a verb. Love—the feeling—is a fruit of love, the verb. So love her. Serve her. Sacrifice. Listen to her. Empathize. Appreciate. Affirm her. Are you willing to do that?

Our character, basically, is a composite of our habits. "Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny," the maxim goes.

response-ability"—the ability to choose your response.

In the great literature of all progressive societies, love is a verb.

to be proactive you must learn to act and not be acted upon.

in reaping for so long where we have not sown, perhaps we have forgotten the need to sow.

Taking initiative does not mean being pushy, obnoxious, or aggressive. It does mean recognizing our responsibility to make things happen.

Then love her. If the feeling isn't there, that's a good reason to love her." "But how do you love when you don't love?" "My friend, love is a verb. Love—the feeling—is a fruit of love, the verb. So love her. Serve her. Sacrifice. Listen to her. Empathize. Appreciate. Affirm her. Are you willing to do that?

Chasing after the poisonous snake that bites us will only drive the poison through our entire system. It is far better to take measures immediately to get the poison out.

The Personality Ethic tells me I could take some kind of dramatic action—shake

It's not what they're not doing or should be doing that's the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing.

Remember, to learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know. I

Proactive people focus their efforts in the Circle of Influence. They work on the things they can do something about. The nature of their energy is positive, by determining which of these two circles is the focus of most of our time and energy, we can discover much about the degree of our proactivity. Enlarging and magnifying, causing their Circle of Influence to increase.  

Knowledge is the theoretical paradigm, the what to do and the why. Skill is the how to do. And desire is the motivation, the want to do.

Somos lo que hacemos día a día. De modo que la excelencia no es un acto, sino un hábito.

After all that's been said and written, being proactive comes down to two things. First, take responsibility for your life; and second, take initiative. It's that simple. Be an agent, not a victim. Don't wait for life to happen to you; happen to it. Be the driver of your life, not just a passenger. Live out of your imagination, not your past.