Action Quotes · Page 169

Hunger, love, vanity, and fear. There are four great motives of human action.

— William Graham Sumner

Of course, he who has put forth his total strength in fit actions, has the richest return of wisdom.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“When faced with everything sometimes the best course of action is nothing.”

— Bill Callahan

Narendra Modi is a dashing, dynamic, futuristic, able, respectable, acceptable, dabbang, visionary, action hero.

— Shatrughan Sinha

The way I see it, if you're going to make an action movie, you've got to make one with John Woo

— Christian Slater

An important lever for sustained action in tackling poverty and reducing hunger is money.

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

I've never done an action show, really. On 'Jericho,' other people got to ride horses and shoot guns, but I never did.

— Sprague Grayden

Right action is better than knowledge; but in order to do what is right, we must know what is right.

— Charlemagne

The wrong action done at the wrong time spells disaster The right action done at the wrong time spells resistance The wrong…

— John C. Maxwell

We have to abandon the conceit that isolated personal actions are going to solve this crisis. Our policies have to shift.

— Al Gore

Here's my definition of a hero. A hero is an ordinary person given being and action by something bigger than themselves. One…

— Werner Erhard

Eventually, in '84, we made a film for a little over a million dollars - with American actors that was shot in…

— Renny Harlin

I can understand pathways to enlightenment where people shun certain aspects of the sensual world because they feel that these aspects are…

— Frederick Lenz

This, and no other, is justice: — to consider, under all the circumstances and consequences of a particular case, how the greatest…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

Keep this question in mind: 'What would I think of this if I exchanged places with the other person?' It paves the…

— David Joseph Schwartz

Because he KNEW he was doing wrong. He felt the PAIN of his actions'-- 'But he did not amen them,' shows the…

— Patrick Ness

“The twins stopped and stared in surprise at the two vampires guarding a door on their right. The vampires returned their look…

— Elizabeth Kelly

An extensive empire must be supported by a refined system of policy and oppression; in the centre, an absolute power, prompt in…

— Edward Gibbon

Some people, in working towards a goal, find themselves seized by inertia when it comes time for action. If this should happen…

— Fitzhugh Dodson

“Do it, Octavian” She ghosted the tips of her fingers along the hem of his shirt. “Touch me.” He growled low in…

— Airicka Phoenix

I'm proud of 'The Hidden.' I feel like we took a B-movie and kind of turned it into an A-minus action movie.…

— Kyle MacLachlan

Skill in any performance whether it be in sports in playing the piano in conversation or in selling merchandise consists not in…

— Maxwell Maltz

Audiences will see what they want to see. Some will come out, hopefully enjoying two hours of action. Some people will find…

— Colin Farrell

For a few moments, attune your mind to the idea of harmony and peaceful coexistence flowing among all peoples and nations. The…

— Stephen Russell

I'm kind of looking for something with a lot less action and more talking and listening.

— Brandon Routh

“Action without Vision is Blind; Vision without Action is Lame...”

— Richard Marcel I

Many actions, like the Rhone, have two sources,--one pure, the other impure.

— Augustus William Hare

You can't move people to action unless you first move them with emotion. The heart comes before the head.

— John C. Maxwell

Kindness in thought leads to wisdom. Kindness in speech leads to eloquence. Kindness in action leads to love.

— Laozi

A wicked person, swayed by evil motives and evil actions, is described as a demon.

— Sathya Sai Baba

I haven't tried to model myself on anyone. I have my own action, and that suits me.

— Fidel Edwards

State intentions every day. Create action plans to achieve your intention.

— Mallika Chopra

Nothing is going to be handed to you -- you have to make things happen.

— Florence Griffith Joyner

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is…

— Anonymous

“Being a spy was something like standing on the south shore fending off a hurricane with a $2 poncho and an umbrella.”

— Lynn Blackmar

Ironically, making a statement with words is the least effective method.

— Grey Livingston

From thinking proceeds speaking; thence to acting is often but a single step. But how irrevocable and tremendous!

— George Washington

I am extremely disappointed by the actions of the 9/11 commission.

— Curt Weldon

If there is no dull and determined effort, there will be no brilliant achievement.

— Xunzi

You cannot win if you're not at the table. You have to be where the action is.

— Ben Stein