Action Quotes · Page 356

Story involves action. Action towards an end not to be foreseen (by the reader) but also towards an end which, having been…

— Elizabeth Bowen

So actions themselves are not good and not bad; only the intention is important.

— Stephen Mitchell

Whenever a warrior decides to do something, he must go all the way, but he must take responsibility for what he does.…

— Carlos Castaneda

Thunderous action and nail-biting suspense

— Peter Travers

Often, people ask if it's different doing live-action and voice-over, but the only thing that's different, really, is that we're in a…

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

Sustainable growth is characterized by one simple rule: New customers come from the actions of past customers.

— Eric Ries

Trust life, even if you cannot trust people. For human nature is unreliable, but life itself is ruled by immutable law. Right…

— Goswami Kriyananda

Every life, every love, every action and feeling and thought has its reason and significance: its beginning, and the part it plays…

— Gregory David Roberts

I've always tried to, in terms of physical action, keep myself at a certain level and been fortunate enough to work with…

— Christopher Daniels

The president made it clear that he expected Congress, while they take action to repeal the most corrosive elements of Obamacare, the…

— Mike Pence

Most of my stories are ideas in action. In other words, I get a concept, and I let it run away. I…

— Ray Bradbury

But there were too many points at which the other self could invade the self he wanted to preserve, and there were…

— Patricia Highsmith

I like action films, not exclusively, but I like Samurai films. I like Westerns. Not so much war pictures, but a few.…

— Alexander Payne

An action, to have moral worth, must be done from duty.

— Immanuel Kant

Doing good is the only certainly happy action of a man's life.

— Philip Sidney

All know the way, but few actually walk it.

— Anonymous

Reflection and action must never be undertaken independently.

— Paulo Freire

One of the things you learn in rehab is that you're responsible for your own actions.

— Dale Archer

I did work out every day. I needed it to have the endurance to do what needed to be done and not…

— Sanaa Lathan

When faith and hope fail, as they do sometimes, we must try charity, which is love in action. We must speculate no…

— Anonymous

Nothing has given me more hope recently than to observe how simple conversations give birth to actions that can change lives and…

— Margaret J. Wheatley

Christian worship is the most momentous, most urgent, most glorious action that can take place in human life.

— Karl Barth

There can be no be no better instruction... than that every man who is to deal with his neighbor to follow these…

— Martin Luther

Peace of mind produces right values, right values produce right thoughts. Right thoughts produce right actions and right actions produce work which…

— Robert M. Pirsig

Don't wait for every thing to be perfect. When you know you can't reach your destination, adjust your action, remember possibility is…

— Anil Sinha

That's the thing about acting - it does have the feeling of downhill skiing. When it's really all going right, you know…

— Mira Sorvino

We will take all appropriate actions based on the results of the investigation to ensure that the integrity and values of the…

— Joel Manby

“You heard me. A creature from another world, a dark world, lurks the halls of Hellgate, tormenting victims at will. A grotesque,…

— J.B. Lion

In decision after decision on the bench, Judge [Samuel] Alito has excused abusive actions by the authorities that intrude on the personal…

— Edward Kennedy

The whole life of Christ was a continual Passion; others die martyrs but Christ was born a martyr. He found a Golgotha…

— John Donne

To dispose a soul to action we must upset its equilibrium.

— Eric Hoffer

To know oneself is to study oneself in action, which is relationship.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

I will say nothing to an actor that cannot be translated into action.

— Elia Kazan

I myself find waiting more tiring than action.

— Winston Churchill

When we did Cubist paintings, our intention was not to produce Cubist paintings but to express what was within us. No one…

— Pablo Picasso

Judo teaches us to look for the best possible course of action, whatever the individual circumstances.

— Kano Jigoro

We know what totalitarian looks like, we know what oppression looks like, we know what the dumb culture of totalitarianism smells like.…

— Alex Jones

I'm pleased the committee recommended no action, as I know I did nothing wrong.

— Karen McCarthy

These are the living springs of great thoughts and great actions. Everything grows clear in the reflections from the Infinite.

— Louis Pasteur

If you look back at life, I bet you will regret about 80% of your actions. But life consists of all mistakes.

— Sylvester Stallone