Action Quotes · Page 85

Successful leaders have the courage to take action while others hesitate.

— John C. Maxwell

We must heap up a great pile of doing, for a small diameter of being.

— Henry David Thoreau

Great changes in our society are always inspired and set in motion by one person. Be that person today

— Steve Maraboli

“Do not only think about it, but feel about it, also, before taking appropriate action.”

— T.F. Hodge

Indecision and reveries are the anesthetics of constructive action.

— Sylvia Plath

To feel more fulfilled your actions and activities need to be in alignment with what you deem important.

— Deborah Day

The movies are about big tent pole movies and big action and effects.

— Scott Bakula

What's great about well-written material is, if you can shock with justifiable actions, that's the best.

— Bryan Cranston

As far as inner action is concerned, we are only rarely truly self-determined persons, for the major part of our conscious mental…

— Thomas Metzinger

The action we take and the decisions we make in this decade will have consequences far into this century. If America shows…

— George W. Bush

However, given the fact that the State has a controlling stake in the company [Rosneft], it might not be the best course…

— Vladimir Putin

Focus on action! Go on! Do it! Call them! Write it! Say it! Grab it! Who knows what 'awesome stuff' might happen?…

— David Ryan

Two things distinguish nonviolent actions from violent actions. First, you don't see an enemy and second, your intention is not to make…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Put on the company hat. (Be willing to accept actions that may have a negative impact upon a particular component but are…

— Reginald H. Jones

What is the basic, the essential, the crucial principle that differentiates freedom from slavery? It is the principle of voluntary action versus…

— Ayn Rand

'Revolutions' was beyond my wildest dreams. I just really enjoyed it so much visually, the action and then the story and the…

— Carrie-Anne Moss

The world is like a courtroom, with God as our judge. We are called upon to fulfill our covenant with God, who…

— Rumi

We could get more action in the South because the Negroes had a feeling that they were being oppressed. But you take…

— Thurgood Marshall

If the first inward thought is not warded off, it will generate a desire, then the desire will generate a wish, and…

— Al-Ghazali

The second-hand artist blindly following his sensei or sifu accepts his pattern. As a result, his action is and , more importantly,…

— Bruce Lee

The forces of Hannibal, Drake and Napoleon moved at best with the horses' gallop or the speed of wind on sail. Now,…

— Charles Lindbergh

To have an idea of a thing is not just to get certain sensations from it. It is to be able to…

— John Dewey

No leader can possibly have all the answers . . . .The actual solutions about how best to meet the challenges of…

— Steve Miller

I've given the idea a lot of thought and I believe it is a sound, logical course of action to hire a…

— Lee Corso

The beautiful journey of today can only begin when we learn to let go of yesterday.

— Steve Maraboli

For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

“Her name wasn’t Jane. Not legally. But she wore it now like a uniform: plain, practical, invisible.”

— D.L. Maddox

It is with a pious fraud as with a bad action; it begets a calamitous necessity of going on.

— Thomas Paine

We must never forget that it is through our actions, words, and thoughts that we have a choice.

— Sogyal Rinpoche

If emotion can create a physical action, then duplicating the physical action can re-create the emotion.

— Chuck Palahniuk

NVC self-forgiveness: connecting with the need we were trying to meet when we took the action that we now regret.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

But they who are unconcerned about the consequences of their actions are not therefore unconcerned about their actions.

— Henry David Thoreau

Our success should not be a random event, but the result of conscious actions.

— Tony Jeary

There's a lot of emotion in the game but we have to control it. The people want to see action.

— Marco van Basten

The important thing is fear should not control your actions. It should not dictate what you do.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Music, dance sequences, action stunts are key parts in a commercial film but there has to be relatable content as well.

— Soham Chakraborty

I don't want to sit and cry for an hour in a movie. I'd rather have an action or a comedy.

— Noah Hathaway

“I stomp back to my room. Queen Titania is not marrying Prince Holden.”

— Tricia Copeland

Ready, fire, aim. Do it! Make it happen! Action counts. No one ever sat their way to success.

— Tom Peters

I punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer.

— Eartha Kitt