Action Quotes

Of what use is a dream if not a blueprint for courageous action.

It's pretty simple - The Action you take will determine the results you Achieve.

Out of anger comes controversy, out of controversy comes conversation, out of conversation comes action.

Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress.

Nothing counts but pressure, pressure, more pressure, and still more pressure through broad organized aggressive mass action.

Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the making of action in spite of fear.

Beginning is not only a kind of action. It is also a frame of mind, a kind of work, an attitude, a consciousness.

Leadership is not a position or a title, it is action and example.

Flow is being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. Every action, movement, and thought follows inevitably from the previous one, like playing jazz.

Observing many companies in action, I am unable to point to a single instance in which stunning results were gotten without the active and personal leadership of the upper managers.

No person among us desires any other reward for performing a brave and worthy action, but the consciousness of having served his nation.

A zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few men to attack a powerful army of experienced warriors.

Anything that you throw comes back. All your actions are echoes.

The true definition of madness is repeating the same action, over and over, hoping for a different result.

Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again.

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

Your greatness is measured by your horizons.

We have learnt, rather too late, that action comes, not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

The poverty of the poor is not a call to generous relief action, but a demand that we go and build a different social order.

Art is an action against death. It is a denial of death.

For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.

Blacks who have not succumbed to the victim culture have been, are and will be doing quite well - all on their own, without handouts, affirmative action and other patronizing measures

When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action.

EVERY intention which does not assert itself by deeds is a vain intention, and the speech which expresses it is idle speech. It is action which proves life and establishes will

You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them

It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.

If your dreams don't match your actions, you can either change your dreams or change your actions.

I know as I'm taking my dying breath, the ambulance guy will ask me why they cancelled Action.

A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose.

Learning is defined as a change in behavior. You haven't learned a thing until you take action and use it.

Affirmative action was designed to keep women and minorities in competition with each other to distract us while white dudes inject AIDS into our chicken nuggets.

Intention is the measure for rendering actions true, so that, where intention is sound, action is sound, and where it is corrupt, then action is corrupt

Love as Thought is Truth. Love as Action is Right Conduct. Love as Understanding is Peace. Love as Feeling is Non-violence.

We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.

There is some risk involved in action, there always is. But there is far more risk in failure to act.

We are all slaves of our own actions. Why be angry with anyone else?

Action and contemplation are very close companions; they live together in one house on equal terms. Martha and Mary are sisters.

To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend.

I want to die with my high heels on, still in action.

When someone we love is having difficulty and is giving us a bad time, it's better to explore the cause than to criticize the action.

People confound, misuse, interchange thinking and speaking, not realizing that speaking is for communication and thinking is for action.

I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.

Nothing comes from doing nothing.

The greatest pleasure I know, is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.

We may feel genuinely concerned about world conditions, though such a concern should drive us into action and not into a depression.

Great men of action... never mind on occasion being ridiculous; in a sense it is part of their job, and at times they all are.

I would say act like a man of thought and think like a man of action.

Never fear your enemies, fear your actions.

Take action once a day to do something that ignites your life.