We should not be so taken up in the search for truth; as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.
Action Quotes
I say if it’s going to be done, let’s do it. Let’s not put it in the hands of fate. Let’s not put it in the hands of someone who doesn’t know me. I know me best. Then take a breath and go ahead.
The most drastic, and usually the most effective remedy for fear is direct action.
A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he’s not a man of action. It is as if a tennis player before returning a ball stopped to think about his views of the physical and mental advantages of tennis. You must act as you breathe.
The awakenings of remorse, virtuous shame and indignation, the glow of moral approbation if they do not lead to action, grow less and less vivid every time they occur, till at length the mind grows absolutely callous.
Never do today what you can do as well tomorrow; because something may occur to make you regret your premature action.
When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn’t a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.
Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.
One can only learn his powers of action by action, and his powers of thought by thinking.
We should pray with as much earnestness as those who expect everything from God; we should act with as much energy as those who expect everything from themselves.
