Action Quotes - Page 7

Either offend or represent, don’t be a spectator.

The pure action is the grace of prayer.

Those with a grateful mindset tend to see the message in the mess. And even though life may knock them down, the grateful find reasons, if even small ones, to get up.

The words aren't enough every time. Actions speak much more.

If you're going down the wrong path, speeding up isn't going to help.

To me, a witch is a woman that is capable of letting her intuition take hold of her actions, that communes with her environment, that isn't afraid of facing challenges.

Look here, cousin,” Big Country’s drawled in the background. “This here’s a car. We just got off a plane, and no matter how fast you push this bitch, she ain’t gon’ fly, so believe me when I say, I refuse to die over some foolishness you call love, not today.

I will take all the action there is, and even if I fail and fail and fail and fail and fail, I know like I know, that the door to this opportunity will one day get weakened by the forces of my attempts, and breaks wide open for me to get in.

Emotion triggers action, good or otherwise

Action is the only reality not only reality but morality as well.

To know the good from the bad, study a man or woman's history of actions, not their record of intentions.

Your Karma is defined by your Actions plus your Intent. A seemingly incorrect action with a pure intent can potentially result in good Karma

Let us do or die.

The goal for most people should not be to feel better, but to get better at feeling.

What is a monster? Something that grows hair all over and howls? Could be. But the real monster is within, and when it comes out, it’s as fugly as you see it, or as it lets you see it.

Don't wait for a better world. Start now to create a world of harmony and peace. It is up to you, and it always has been. You may even find the solution at the end of your fork.

Never give up on the possibilities or accept what is when you can see it for what it could be.

Jess thought for a moment. 'You know those films where people fight up the top of the Empire State Building or up a mountain or whatever? And there's always that bit when the baddie slips off and the hero tries to save him, but, like, the sleeve of this jacket tears off and goes over and you hear him all the way down. Aaaaaaaaagh. That's what I want to do.' 'You want to watch me plunge to my doom.' 'I'd like to know that I've made the effort. I want to show people the torn sleeve.

There are questions that are not meant to be answered with words. Some questions take a lifetime to answer. Take action.

A strange fact of life is that usually people who are counted out somehow transform into the action figures doing the toughest of times that people can count on.

We have to accept that any action we take might promote an equal and opposite reaction that we do not want. We have to realize that even the most noble actions or most obviously correct course can have its dark side that we cannot control or reason our way out of. The fighter of the "just war" must understand that her actions will result in the deaths of other humans; many of whom may be innocent. The pacifist who refuses all war must realize that his inaction might likewise result in the deaths of the innocent. There are no actions without contradiction—and yet we must act, for not to act is also a contradictory action with both positive and negative effects.

One thing that is guaranteed not to work. Doing Nothing. A goldmine when you realise it. Don't be paralysed by analysis. Don't be paralysed by fear. The one thing that is guaranteed not to work. Doing nothing achieves nothing.

What's done can't be undone.

My whole life, I prepared to come down in order to save the world above.. Now I have to ascend to save the world below..

When you take an action to improve humanity, you are happy.

It is too facile to say that the way to follow Tao is to simply go along with the flow of life. Sometimes, like the carp, we must know when to go it alone.

I will take all the action there is, and even if I fail and fail and fail and fail and fail, I know like I know, that the door to this opportunity will one day get weakened by the forces of my attempts, and break wide open for me to get in.

Self-discipline is a prerequisite to progress.

Remember what happened last time with the 'cuda.

Don’t think about those who are not doing it. Focus on your dreams, goals and actions and make sure it is done well.

Unless you change who you are now, you'll never get what you want. If you change who you are and how you are, then you’ll get what you want.

No matter how cold your proverbial winter, you can plant seeds of change in your life by changing your thoughts and actions.

Anything that can be controlled is Action not emotion!

No one on earth is "functionless". The problem we usually have is that functions of people are being displayed in the wrong positions! Change position!

Change was not something you waited for, quietly, mutely, in a house by the ocean, nothing would ever change unless we forced it into shape.

sometimes we take action, sometimes we take pills.

Relying only on logic, on what can be factually established, may inform or intimidate, but it will rarely stir anyone into action or change.

Eventually you are answerable to yourself for your deeds. Be good and do good!

When story and behavior are consistent, we relax; when story and behavior are inconsistent, we get tense. We have a deep psychological need for our stories and behaviors to be consistent. We need to be able to trust the story, because it's the lens through which we see reality. We will go to great lengths in the attempt to make a story that explains an action and supports or restores consistency. If we cannot make story and action fit, we either have to make a new story or change the action. ... [But] The drive for consistency and the ability to redefine abhorrent action so it fits the story are very complex issues. We have a huge ability to continue believing stories we are told are true in order to stay comfortable with actions we don't want to change, or don't feel capable of changing.

Faith is about doing. You are how you act, not just how you believe.

The knowledge that we consider knowledge proves itself in action. What we now mean by knowledge is information in action, information focused on results.

You will never know what could have been done until you start doing what needs to be done.

It is only when you don't want to do something that you never get the time to do it.

Recognize that throughout this beautiful day,you have an incredible amount of opportunities to move your life into the direction you want it to go.

It isn’t always the treasure that drives men down deep into the sea; it’s something else, something unexplainable, even to them.

Happiness is there when you have great imagination and vision, when you take relentless action and love your creation.

Success isn’t entirely a numbers game, but numbers play a part.

That is what a well-guarded prayer life can reveal about us, that our trust is not in ourselves but in seeking God's strength for what we do. Prayer is not a substitute for action, but prayer undergirds action with the strength that makes the difference.

The most important relationship in your life should be your relationship with yourself.

Don’t be timid. You’re a writer, use your role, test it, make something of it. These are decisive times, everything is turning upside down. Participate, be present. And begin with the scum in your area, put their backs to the wall.

Success and the pursuit of it can nourish your body, but only significance has the ability to nourish your mind, body and spirit.

It is terribly important to realize that the leap of faith is not so much a leap of thought as of action. For while in many matters it is first we must see then we will act; in matters of faith it is first we must do then we will know, first we will be and then we will see. One must, in short, dare to act wholeheartedly without absolute certainty.

When you fear nothing, you have nothing to fear

How would your life be different if…You pretended those around you were deaf to your words? Let today be the day…You let your actions speak and communicate your feelings and intentions.

Write as an audience member. Write what you want to see, feel and hear.

Reflections of the battlements shimmered in the deep green moat, casting an image of enduring strength, an image that defied the very siege of time.

Ultimately, having what we want is our liability. It is no one else’s. Purge the blame game. Everyone has a legitimate reason why they CAN’T get something done. It’s the will to get it done REGARDLESS.

Our freedoms are vanishing. If you do not get active to take a stand now against all that is wrong while we still can, then maybe one of your children may elect to do so in the future, when it will be far more riskier — and much, much harder.

Don't be vain. What you look like doesn't matter. It's the deed that matters.

…for action is always easier than quiet waiting.