Action Quotes
It is the action of an uninstructed person to reproach others for his own misfortune; of one entering instruction, to reproach himself; and one perfectly instructed, to reproach neither others nor himself.Epictetus, Enchiridion
To the Nahuas, words were flowers, metaphors that gave birth to thoughts and actions.Jose Antonio Burciaga
Knowledge, if it does not determine action, is dead to us.Plotinus
A lively, disinterested, persistent looking for truth is extraordinarily rare. Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not to be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism or doubt.Henri Frdric Amiel
There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there id only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost.Martha Graham
The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his actions.Confucius, The Confucian Analects
It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, 1847
To will is to select a goal, determine a course of action that will bring one to that goal, and then hold to that action till the goal is reached. The key is action.Michael Hanson
On action alone be thy interest, Never on its fruits. Let not the fruits of action be thy motive, Nor be thy attachment to inaction.Bhagavad Gita
Action may not always bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.Benjamin Disraeli
The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.Confucius
For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.Bob Wells
This is my answer to the gap between ideas and action - I will write it out.Hortense Calishe
Job dissatisfaction is the number one factor in whether you survive your first heart attack.Anthony Robbins
Study the situation thoroughly, go over in your imagination the various courses of action possible to you and the consequences which can and may follow from each course. Pick out the course which gives the most promise and go ahead.Dr. Maxwell Maltz
A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator the smaller the fraction.Leo Tolstoy
I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill
As life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time, at the peril of being not to have lived.Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Most people hew the battlements of life from compromise, erecting their impregnable keeps from judicious submissions, fabricating their philosophical drawbridges from emotional retractions and scalding marauders in the boiling oil of sour grapes.Zelda
My fellow Americans, I must speak to you tonight about a mounting danger in Central America that threatens the security of the United States. This danger will not go away it will grow worse, much worse, if we fail to take action now.Ronald Reagan
We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.John Dewey
When we create something, we always create it first in a thought form. If we are basically positive in attitude, expecting and envisioning pleasure, satisfaction and happiness, we will attract and create people, situations, and events which conform to our positive expectations.Shakti Gawain
If our actions stem from honesty, kindness, caring, and vision, then no matter what the result of our efforts, we have added something of value to our souls and to the world.Joan Boysenko, Pocketful of Miracles
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.Benjamin Disraeli
Habits - The only reason they persist is that they are offering some satisfaction. You allow them to persist by not seeking any other, better form of satisfying the same needs. Every habit, good or bad, is acquired and learned in the same way - By finding that it is a means of satisfaction.Juliene Berk
Everyone has a right to his own course of action.Moliere
A state is not a mere society, having a common place, established for the prevention of mutual crime and for the sake of exchange... Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship.Aristotle, Politics
Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.Bergen Evans
The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they may not be made to understand it.Confucius, The Confucian Analects
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.Thomas H. Huxley
Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action.Johann von Goethe
I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.John Locke
The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action. There is no fixed teaching. All I can provide is an appropriate medicine for a particular ailment.Bruce Lee, Quotation from the book: (The Art of Jeet Kune Do) by Bruce Lee
The Return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.Francesco Guicciardini
What used to be called liberal is now called radical, what used to be called radical is now called insane, what used to be called reactionary is now called moderate, and what used to be called insane is now called solid conservative thinking.Tony Kushne
The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but who give us, out of themselves, the ardent spirit and desire to act right, and leave us then, even through many blunders, to find out what our own form of right action is.Phillips Brooks
The soul is made for action, and cannot rest till it be employed. Idleness is its rust. Unless it will up and think and taste and see, all is in vain.Thomas Traherne
