Action Quotes · Page 125

What is constitutive is the action that divides madness, and not the science elaborated once this division is made.

— Michel Foucault

What we need now is heroes - millions of them. Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.

— Paul Watson

We have only to change the point of view and the greatest action looks mean.

— William Makepeace Thackeray

Ours is the responsibility to show our gratitude by the actions of our lives.

— Thomas S. Monson

The gospel of Jesus Christ is not limited to a system of beliefs; it is a plan of action.

— Howard W. Hunter

“You may not have a clue of what lies ahead, but it’s better to act on life than simply let life act…

— Nick Vujicic

The end of knowledge is power ... the scope of all speculation is the performing of some action or thing to be done.

— Thomas Hobbes

National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.

— Al Sharpton

Memorial bracelets memorializing prisoners of war, missing in action, killed in action, and those who died of wounds or injuries sustained in…

— James F. Amos

Always trust your plan if you believe it was thought well. Do not let the fear of the uncertain paralyze you and…

— Anonymous

It is faith, and not reason, which impels men to action... Intelligence is content to point out the road, but never drives…

— Alexis Carrel

We do want our fellow citizens to respect our deeply held conviction that the absence of an afterlife lends a greater, not…

— Susan Jacoby

The older I get, I just don't know. But, there is absolutely that part of me that watches action shows and goes,…

— Gina Torres

The belief that becomes truth for me... is that which allows me the best use of my strength, the best means of…

— Andre Gide

Give yourself fully to your endeavors. Decide to construct your character through excellent actions and determine to pay the price of a…

— Epictetus

Now, we are seeing many of these same companies face the truth about their financial standing. Congress is faced with the challenge…

— Bennie Thompson

Remember that the problem is bigger than the car you drive or the types of lightbulbs in city hall. We need a…

— Al Gore

Being here really is just the invitation to rest as Being. There is nothing you have to do. It is not an…

— Mooji

Whereas the man of action binds his life to reason and its concepts so that he will not be swept away and…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Pop culture has entered into a nostalgic malaise. Online culture is dominated by trivial mashups of the culture that existed before the…

— Jaron Lanier

Why I'm so stimulated by [producing] is it becomes more proactive. Instead of waiting around for a script to come in, or…

— Jeremy Renner

You don't actually do a project; you can only do action steps related to it. When enough of the right action steps…

— David Allen

God does work through both pure and impure vessels but that does not mean that one should keep nature impure for ever.…

— Sri Aurobindo

In 2004, I wrote 'What We've Lost,' a book about the Bush administration. It sold only reasonably well, in part, I think,…

— Graydon Carter

Military action without politics is like a tree without a root.

— Ho Chi Minh

To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.

— Vaclav Havel

“For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.”

— Barbara Nickless

“The most time consuming process in the world is probably "thinking".”

— Amit Kalantri

“Never let what you don't know stop you from doing what you do know.”

— Orrin Woodward

Your life is not decided by fate; you must create the future you want by taking the right actions now.

— Melchor Lim

“if you’re going to make a mistake, you should err on the side of action.”

— Marc Cameron

There is a BIG difference between knowing what needs to be done and DOING what needs to be done.

— Anonymous

I want to do more action adventures and more romantic comedies.

— Maria Bello

“Entrepreneurs don’t ask for permission. They act per a mission.”

— Ryan Lilly

When you truly desire change, your conscious mind chooses the positive, new action.

— Marshall Sylver

Hope doesn't mean anything. ... Action's the only thing that counts.

— Anonymous

Action based only on principles isnt always good even if it feels good.

— John Chancellor

“Confidence is what you gain after taking action, not before.”

— Felecia Etienne

Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.

— Samuel Johnson