Action Quotes · Page 126

Avoid results-by volume approach, instead focus on few critically important but uncomfortable actions.

— Tim Ferriss

Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.

— Sophocles

Our actions- and inaction- touch people every day, people we may never know and never meet.

— Jacqueline Novogratz

For me, being an innovator doesn't mean being more intelligent, more rich, it's not a word, it's an action.

— Ornette Coleman

Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.

— Hermann Hesse

talk was cheap and useless. Action was what mattered. And me, I was moving. Now, again, always.

— Sarah Dessen

Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one's actions.

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

It's important to know that words don't move mountains. Work, exacting work moves mountains.

— Danilo Dolci

When you really study espionage movies, or spy movies, the beginnings are really set up to have, like, an amazing bit of…

— John Lasseter

Few places in this world are more dangerous than home. Fear not, therefore, to try the mountain passes. They will kill care,…

— John Muir

Compassion is of little value if it just remains an idea. It must motivate how we respond to others and be reflective…

— Dalai Lama

Apparently, I'm very good at firing a gun without blinking, which is unusual. That's why so many action characters have to wear…

— Kate Beckinsale

We can't impede progress in the name of environmental action that yields little for the environment and even less for our people..…

— Meg Whitman

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. You never know what it’s going to look like on the other…

— Miley Cyrus

As a leader, you build trust when you give yourself 100%, so that people understand with your every action, you stand for them.

— Jaggi Vasudev

It is easier to avoid the effects of others' negativity when we question if an action or attitude is appropriately directed at…

— Sue Thoele

Actions are interesting to watch. I learn about the actors. Their movements are emblems of the tensions in this internal landscape, which…

— Samuel R. Delany

At length, when I considered it, I realized that the best of my actions were small things. Picking flowers and cooking food…

— Sara Sheridan

Karma is not fate, for man acts with free will, creating his own destiny. The Vedas tell us, if we sow goodness,…

— Anonymous

An absolute being would be irrelevant to the world, as it couldn't create it. Any action, or causal process that would involve…

— Robert Thurman

Showrunner I admire: Weiss: "All friendship bias duly acknowledged: Rob McElhenney and the guys at 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' have been…

— David Benioff

Of course, to avoid getting stuck in that convo with someone you dislike or feel uncomfortable around, don't be passive, be proactive.…

— Eugene Mirman

“You may have come to advocacy on your own, it may be part of your job or you may have been asked…

— John Capecci and Timothy Cage

Artemis must be present at the solstice," Zoe said. "She has been the most vocal on the council, arguing for taking action…

— Rick Riordan

Inspiration, without action, is merely entertainment. ACT on your inspiration today!

— Mary Morrissey

British actors are pretty good, by and large, at turning on at 'action' and off at 'cut.'

— James Purefoy

“Rule 1: The actions of confidence come first; the feelings of confidence come later.”

— Russ Harris

Action is always seen as the bottom rung of thespian endeavour, that's just the way it is.

— Sylvester Stallone

Children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.

— Michel de Montaigne

The true definition of madness is repeating the same action, over and over, hoping for a different result.

— Albert Einstein

The path to big, systemic change is collective action. That takes Sister Courage.

— Gloria Feldt

Military history shows air action only cannot achieve the goal of defeating an enemy.

— Dan Coats

I am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.

— Ahmed Ben Bella

The effectiveness of a leader is best judged by the actions of those he guides.

— Bill Courtney

I've been working with every single government since June 1992 to try to get climate action.

— Elizabeth May

Being an action star is all I had ever hoped to be. I ultimately knew I would be an action star.

— Steve Carell

The fluoride ion exerts its toxic effect by inhibiting the action of many enzyme systems.

— Hugo Theorell

...it is by our actions that we are destroyed or saved. The choice is ours.

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

“The world is full of magic. You’ve just got to learn how to access it.”

— Max Nowaz

I think of action as a dance. It's a riddle; it should have emotion in it.

— Wong Kar-wai