Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.
Action Quotes
Besides why should we be cowed by the name of Action? “Tis a trick of the senses,” – no more. We know that the ancestor of every action is a thought. To think is to act.
Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.
Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little off course and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice? Up […]
Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.
The greatest happiness is to transform one’s feelings into action.
For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.
Action expresses priorities.
When men think and believe in one set of symbols and act in ways which are contrary to their professed and conscious ideas, confusion and insincerity are bound to result.
