Quotes About Action

A critic once characterized baseball as six minutes of action crammed into two-and-one-half hours.

The two most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it.

There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat, And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures. —Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

Work by physiology professor Benjamin Libet at the University of California at Davis shows that neural activity to initiate an action actually occurs about a third of a second before the brain has made the decision to take the action.

The rich and powerful often tried to discredit crowd action by calling attention to the lowerclass status of rioters, but they could not always suppress the will of the people so forcefully expressed. Riots, with their direct objectives and moral urgency, effectively offset the arbitrary power or inattention of harsh rulers.

You want to do something for the Lord . . . do it. Whatever you feel needs to be done, even though you're shaking in your boots, you're scared to death—take the first step forward. The grace comes with that one step and you get the grace as you step. Being afraid is not a problem; it's doing nothing when you're afraid.

Unless you are willing to do the ridiculous, God will not do the miraculous. When you have God, you don't have to know everything about it; you just do it.

Si quieres hacer algo por el Señor… hazlo. Lo que sientas que hace falta hacer, aunque tiembles de miedo, da el primer paso hacia delante. La gracia viene con ese paso y recibirás más gracia con los demás pasos que des. Sentir miedo no es el problema; el problema está en no hacer nada cuando sientes miedo—dijo la Madre Angélica.

Start living life; stop looking at it

Get in, get out. Don't linger. Go on.

In writing a novel, when in doubt, have two guys come through the door with guns.

The discovery that some actions are not as freely chosen as we may have thought does not take us to the conclusion that no action is freely chosen. Degrees of freedom imply freedom.

Libet's experiment illustrates how the (neuro-)determinist case against freedom is based on a very distorted conception of what constitutes an action in everyday

To procrastinate is to marinate. Or so we tell ourselves.

We think having faith means being convinced God exists in the same way we are convinced a chair exists. People who cannot be completely convinced of Gods existence think faith is impossible for them. Not so. People who doubt can have great faith because faith is something you do, not something you think. In fact, the greater your doubt the more heroic your faith.

Sitting on my butt waiting on opportunities won't do me any good.

When Californians see something we truly believe in, we say so and act accordingly - without evasiveness or equivocation.

For me, even if it is a five-second cameo but one that makes a difference I will do it.

Anyone can make a difference, so you don't have to have it be some huge, global campaign... you can start small, and that's just as important.

I wake up like I'm shot out of a cannon.

Every one of us has the capacity to lead.

Basically, if you like 'Deadpool,' you'll love 'Captain Underpants.'

I don't think Batman should spend a whole movie yapping, you know? He should choose his words carefully and speak low.

Every How is carried by a What.