Quotes About Action

The wheel that squeaks the loudestIs the one that gets the grease.

Are you here to kill me quickly with violence? Or slowly with responsibility?

My motto has always been: why wait till tomorrow when you can worry today?

but one of the sayings he was fond of was Burke's "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.

Forgiveness is an action, not an emotion.

Cynicism is kind of like folding your arms and stepping back and commenting on things, like the old guys in 'The Muppets ' just throwing out comments all the time, whereas there are other people on the ground really trying to affect things and improve their lives and the lives of other people. I think it's noble and I think it's cool.

It's one thing to decide what you want. It's quite another to know how to get it. William doesn't know how, but he is trying.

Burr had to know I understood what I had done. I knew you couldn't kill only the pieces that needed killing, and leave the pretty parts whole.

But we can hold our spirits and our bodies so pure and high, we may cherish such thoughts and such ideals, and dream such dreams of lofty purpose, that we can determine and know what manner of men we will be, whenever and wherever the hour strikes and calls to noble action.

I flipped off the television - both ways.

out. I was sure not only that everything worth doing had already been done while I was asleep but also that, now that I was awake, there was no longer anything worth doing.

What we say we believe makes very little difference until we act on our belief

The Right thing at the Wrong time is the Wrong thing.

The right thing at the wrong tme is the wrong thing.

The right thing at a wrong time is a wrong thing.

I'm looking for someone who will light candles, not just curse the darkness.

die when I may, I want it said of me by those who know me best that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow."   Late

Word of caution: try not to get so caught up in the action that you shoot the idiot who keeps knocking on your front door! "He should have waited until the commercial break," won't earn you an acquittal for justifiable homicide.

Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, sauté it, whatever. MAKE.

Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, sauté it, whatever. MAKE.

If you can't do something smart, do something right.

When in doubt, do the obvious.

Some people," Aunt Emily answered sharply, "are so busy seeing all sides of every issue that they neutralize concern and prevent necessary action. There's no strength in seeing all sides unless you can act where real measurable injustice exists. A lot of academic talk just immobilizes the oppressed and maintains oppressors in their positions of power.

Once I came across two ideographs for the word "love." The first contained the root words "heart" and "hand" and "action"-love as hands and heart in action together. The other ideograph, for "passionate love," was formed of "heart," "to tell," and "a long thread.