Quotes About Action

Ideas must work through the brains and arms of good and brave men, or they are no better than dreams

People are always getting ready to live but never living.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

A good intention clothes itself with power.

Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action. What they have done commits and enforces them to do the same again. The first act, which was to be an experiment, becomes a sacrament.

That man is idle who can do something better.

Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing, if only I could know.

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.

States!... Go put your creed into your deed.

Power and speed be hands and feet.

Go put your creed into your deed.

To think is to act.

The believing we do something when we do nothing is the first illusion of tobacco.

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

Do what you know and perception is converted into character.

Thought is the blossom language the bud action the fruit behind it.

Thought is the seed of action.

We know better than we do. We do not yet possess ourselves.

What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.

Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.