Quotes About Action

Shooting felt good. Joy consists in this, after all, the increase of one's power.

Nothing we do is inevitable, but everything we do is irreversible.

I dont give advice. I cant tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this is what we know about this problem at this time. And here are the consequences of these actions.

Carla always says, "I don't like risks." In Greg's opinion, there's no way to avoid them. It's just a matter of whether you choose dangerous action or dangerous inaction.

Courage is fear that has said its prayers and decided to go forward anyway.

It is not about reading the Word. It is about obeying the Word.

Un hombre no hará nada si no se olvida de sí mismo.

Elaine se quejaba de esto en las noches, en su cama matrimonial, y luego se quejaba de que en Colombia todos los ciudadanos fueran políticos pero ningún político quisiera hacer nada por los

Todo lo necesario para el triunfo del mal es que los hombres buenos no hagan nada

Una de las primeras cosas que aprendí como médico es que hay muchas más formas de dañar a las personas que de ayudarlas. Por triste y cínico que suene, hay menos posibilidades de equivocarse no haciendo nada.

No todos los problemas se resuelven hablando.

Lo único necesario para el triunfo del mal es que los hombres buenos no hagan nada».

Nowadays, our leaders prefer to search for the causes of crime and poverty in the actions or inaction of those at the very bottom of society. The obscene transfers of wealth over the past forty years from that bottom to a privileged few at the top--and from much of the Third World to financial elites in the West--are all excused as the natural evolution of the Market, when, in fact, they are products of unparalleled greed by those who shape and direct that Market.

When a fool does evil work, he forgets that he is lighting a fire wherein he must burn one day.

So you're saying that you wouldn't have

Freedom is a thing you make', he says, with sudden vehemence. 'You maki it by what you do. That's about the only thing that is left us in this world.

while probabilities encode our beliefs about a static world, causality tells us whether and how probabilities change when the world changes, be it by intervention or by act of imagination.

There was no room to ask whether he could do it or not. He had to.

Choice is at the heart of service.

I suggest that, before speaking or taking some other action, you first ask yourself these questions: Is it necessary? Is it true? Is it nonharming? If you can answer yes to all these questions, it may be okay to proceed. If not, you must weigh what is the right action in the situation.

when traumatic events are of human design, those who bear witness are caught in the conflict between victim and perpetrator. All the perpetrator asks is that the bystander do nothing. He appeals to the universal desire to see, hear, and speak no evil. The victim, on the contrary, asks the bystander to share the burden of pain. The victim demands action, engagement and remembering.

If we wait until life is in order before making our decision, we'll never make any

You can't outwit fate by standing on the sidelines placing little sidebets about the outcome of life. either you wade in and risk everything you have to play the game or you don't play at all. and if u don't play u can't win.

There will be a few times in your life when all your instincts will tell you to do something, something that defies logic, upsets your plans, and may seem crazy to others. When that happens, you do it. Listen to your instincts and ignore everything else. Ignore logic, ignore the odds, ignore the complications, and just go for it.