Action Quotes · Page 90

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

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

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

— Samuel Johnson

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

— Felecia Etienne

Somewhere in your make-up there lies sleeping, the seed of achievement which, if aroused and put into action, would carry you to…

— Napoleon Hill

When you are thrown onto the stage at 17 in such an enormous way, it becomes living on the edge because every…

— Boris Becker

Like a great athlete, we must have a very clear vision of what we want to accomplish before we make a move.…

— Marianne Williamson

There are times when words seem empty and only actions seem great. Such a time has come, and in the Providence of…

— Woodrow Wilson

The expression "from above" is for us only a way of speaking. Many receive from above the command for action - we…

— Sri Aurobindo

I am only an actress when they say, 'action' and I stop being an actress when they say, 'cut'. I am a…

— Paz Vega

I think a lot of people have become quite disenfranchised with action films, especially when they hide the choreography with quick cuts…

— Gareth Evans

The kind of values for which I was supposed to kill, such as democracy and national independence, were better served, I thought,…

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

We should stop the non-scientific, pseudo-scientific, and anti-scientific nonsense emanating from the right wing, and start demanding immediate action to reduce global…

— Edward Kennedy

My construction of the constitution is very different from that you quote. It is that each department is truly independent of the…

— Thomas Jefferson

We wanted to see how access to care can be expanded and service quality can be improved when one uses a participatory…

— Ruth Simmons

Since the social victim has been oppressed by society, he comes to feel that his individual life will be improved more by…

— Shelby Steele

Who does not see that I have taken a road along which I shall go, without stopping and without effort, as long…

— Michel de Montaigne

Screenwriting involves an often un-personal process. Co-writers, directors, producers, everyone has a say in what you put on a page, and stories…

— Chiara Barzini

Every time I go in front of the camera, I have this fear of 'Oh my God, how am I going to…

— Shefali Shah

Punishing enemies and rewarding friends - politics Chicago style - seems to be the unifying principle that helps explain the Obamacare waivers,…

— Michael Barone

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

— John Chancellor

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

— Ornette Coleman

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

— Jacqueline Novogratz

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

— Sarah Dessen

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

— Hermann Hesse

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

— Vaclav Havel

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

“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

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

— Ryan Lilly

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

— Maria Bello

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

— Anonymous

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

— Marc Cameron

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

— Anonymous