Action Quotes
Knowledge must come through action you can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.Sophocles
Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers.Learned Hand
Only actions give life strength only moderation gives it a charm.Jean Paul Richte
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
Become aware of internal, subjective subverbal experiences, so that these experiences can be brought into the world of abstraction, of conversation, of naming, etc., with the consequence that it immediately becomes possible for a certain amount of control to be exerted over these hither unconscious and uncontrollable processes.Abraham Harold Maslow
The good devout man first makes inner preparation for the actions he has later to perform. His outward actions do not draw him into lust and vice; rather it is he who bends them into the shape of reason and right judgement. Who has a stiffer battle to fight than the man who is striving to conquer himself.Thomas a Kempis
Any genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to enduring fact of mystery.Henry Mille
Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.Amy Lowell
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Setting an example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favorable do nothing.William Faulkne
Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.Herbert Hoove
We must dare to think about unthinkable things because when things become unthinkable thinking stops and action becomes mindless.William Fullbright
We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.Isaac Bashevis Singer, New York Times Magazine, Nov. 26, 1978
What should move us to action is human dignity the inalienable dignity of the oppressed, but also the dignity of each of us. We lose dignity if we tolerate the intolerable.Dominique de Menil
All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.James Russell Lowell
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.Anthony Robbins
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.George Washington
Between eigtheen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with money, but with actions. Most men buy nothing.Andre Malraux
To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward in my actions and not from them.Hugh Prathe
Any religion... is for ever in danger of petrifaction into mere ritual and habit, though ritual and habit be essential to religion.T. S. Eliot
The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their needs, their passions, their characters and talents and impresses us with the belief that such needs, passions and interests are the sole spring of actions.Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
We Americans know - Although others appear to forget - The risk of spreading conflict. We still seek no wider war. On ordering retaliatory action against North Vietnam.Lyndon B. Johnson
Actions have consequences... first rule of life. And the second rule is this - You are the only one responsible for your own actions.Holly Lisle, Fire In The Mist, 1992
We must dare to think unthinkable thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world. We must learn to welcome and not to fear the voices of dissent. We must dare to think about unthinkable things because when things become unthinkable, thinking stops and action becomes mindless.James W. Fulbright, March 27, 1964
Strong reasons make strong actions.William Shakespeare
Action is the antidote to despair.Joan Baez
Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both.John Andrew Holmes, "Wisdom in Small Doses".
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, Chapter 2
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.Dale Carnegie
What should move us to action is human dignity: the inalienable dignity of the oppressed, but also the dignity of each of us. We lose dignity if we tolerate the intolerable.Dominique de Menil
If you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience.Swami Sivanada
My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches, but I never believed it till now. - - Comment made 10 April 1962 in reaction to news that U. S. Steel was raising prices by $6 per ton, right after the unions negotiated a modest new contract under pressure from JFK to keep inflation down.John F. Kennedy, "A Thousand Days, " by Arthur Schlesinger Jr. [1965]
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do, Ohara Publications
We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.Frank Tibolt
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
A good name, like good will, is got by many actions and lost by one.Lord Jeffery
Action is the product of the Qualities inherent in Nature.Bhagavad Gita
