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Quotes About Action

Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know.
~ Louisa May Alcott
The truth is that judgment and fear will never stop, but they don't actually do anything.
~ Julien Smith, The Flinch
When He withholds an answer, it is to have us grow through faith in Him, obedience to His commandments, and a willingness to act on truth.
~ Richard G. Scott
In fear we are acting on fiction and in love we are acting on truth
~ Richard Gerber
If we act the truth the people who really love us are sure to come back to us in the long run
~ E. M. Forster
A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our armchair - why, this is the desideratum of mankind.
~ John Jay Chapman
I have never killed anybody, it is true, but it is because I lacked the courage or the time, not because I lacked the desire
~ Eduardo Galeano
The truth does not reveal itself to idle spectators.
~ Matthew Crawford
For truth hath better deeds than words to grace it.
~ William Shakespeare
Everyone has this conjecture that action films are somewhat less prestigious than dramatic films. Nothing could be further from the truth. I've done them both and this is hard and dangerous.
~ Sylvester Stallone
Through unity of action we can be a veritable colossus in support of peace. No one can defeat us unless we first defeat ourselves. Every one of us must be guided by this truth.
~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truth is given, not to be contemplated, but to be done. Life is an action, not a thought.
~ Frederick William Robertson
In morals, truth is but little prized when it is a mere sentiment, and only attains its full value when realized in the world as fact.
~ Ernest Renan
When we really live truth, we will cease to talk about it.
~ Elbert Hubbard
People are needed to take up the challenge, strong people, who proclaim the truth, throw it in people's faces, and do what they can with their own two hands.
~ Abbe Pierre
In truth, a leader should either apologize, mean it and do something about it - or not apologize at all.
~ Andrew Ross Sorkin
A knowledge of truth is of little value unless lived in full measure.
~ Richard G. Scott
After awhile you realize that putting your actions where your mouth is makes you less likely to have to put your money where your mouth is.
~ Criss Jami, Killosophy
When the Higher Man does something worthy of admiration, it is an evidence of his Mastership, not the object of it.
~ Idries Shah
We may not go about parroting truth and nonviolence and steering clear of them in our daily life.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
The belief that becomes truth for me... is that which allows me the best use of my strength, the best means of putting my virtues into action.
~ Andre Gide
Affectation hath always had a greater share both in the action and discourse of men than truth and judgment have.
~ Aphra Behn
Every truth must be accompanied by some corresponding act.
~ George MacDonald
The propagation of truth and nonviolence can be done less by books than by actually living on those principles.
~ Mahatma Gandhi