Quotes About Action

Love is as love does, and it is our responsibility to give children love. When we love children we acknowledge by our every action that they are not property, that they have rights—that we respect and uphold their rights.

Everything we do in life is rooted in theory. Whether we consciously explore the reasons we have a particular perspective or take a particular action there is also an underlying system shaping our thought and practice.

Echoing the work of Erich Fromm, he defines love as 'the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.' Explaining further, he continues, 'Love is as love does. Love is an act of will -- namely, both as an intention and an action. Will also implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love.' Since the choice must be made to nurture growth, this definition counters the more widely accepted assumption that we love instinctually.

he defines love as "the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth." Explaining further, he continues: "Love is as love does. Love is an act of will—namely, both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love." Since the choice must be made to nurture growth, this definition counters the more widely

Love is as love does. Love is an act of will—namely, both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love.

Everything we do in life is rooted in theory.

The bottom line was that we have only ourselves to blame. We create our own destiny by the way we do things. We have to take advantage of opportunities

One way to develop courage is to consider what will happen if we fail to act.

As citizens, we need to get beyond squabbling with one another about tactics. For example, instead of arguing about how fast the debt should be reduced, we should unite on the common ground that it ought to be reduced at all. As we fight over details, our children's future is worsening. It's time to focus on common ground and take swift action based on our agreement before our nation moves beyond saving.

It's not what you know but the kind of job you do that makes the difference.

THE EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM

I had not been content just to read and to learn. I

It's not what you know but the kind of job you do that makes the difference.

I don't want to wait. I want to learn. I only have the rest of my life left and I need to make a start.

Never consider the bigger picture, because if you do you'll just give up. If you're hanging on a precipice, there's no point worrying that the precipice is in a desert five days from water. Just get out of the precipice, then worry about the water.

Is this what they mean by courage? Simple doing all the things you were trained to do, albeit everything at once and very fast.

Verbalize someone's actions back to them. Menace them with language, the language mirror. Death by feedback.

Ben Graham, then almost eighty, expressed to a friend the thought that he hoped every day to do "something foolish, something creative and something generous.

Have the courage of your knowledge and experience. If you have formed a conclusion from the facts and if you know your judgment is sound, act on it—even though others may hesitate or differ.

Some talked,some wrote, and some fought to promote and establish it, but you, Mr. Adams and Mr. Jefferson thought for us all

Nothing is more prejudicial to war than talk.

It's better to make the wrong choice, my father had continued, than to make no choice at all.

Senhor Uhtred! - O padre Willibald veio correndo na minha direção. - O que está acontecendo? O que está acontecendo? - Decidi começar uma guerra, padre - respondi cheio de animação. - É muito mais interessante que a paz.

So what do we do?" Finan asked. "We ride down there," I said, easing my way back from the crest, "we smile politely, and tell the stupid bastard that he's our prisoner.