Action Quotes

8300 Action quotes by 4093 unique authors

In conflict, straightforward actions generally lead to engagement, surprising actions generally lead to victory. — Sun Tzu
Auto repair, piloting, skiing, perhaps even management: these are skills that yield to application, hard work, and native talent. But forecasting an uncertain future and… — James Surowiecki
We can't impede progress in the name of environmental action that yields little for the environment and even less for our people.. and we should… — Meg Whitman
Characterization is an accident that flows out of action and dialogue. — Jack Woodford
I don't like the strictly objective viewpoint [in which all of the characters' actions are described in the third person, but we never hear what… — George R. R. Martin
Every sentence must do one of two things-reveal character or advance the action. — Kurt Vonnegut
Short of a small range of physical acts-a fight, murder, lovemaking-dialogue is the most vigorous and visible inter-action of which characters in a novel are… — Elizabeth Bowen
Most of the time, tough, combative, adversarial dialogue is much more exciting than physical action. — Sol Stein
Your attitude determines your actions, and your actions determine your accomplishment. — John C. Maxwell
The secret to success is action, not attitude.Your attitude doesn't matter. It is what you do with your time. — Mary Stuart Masterson
The obvious danger is that in some situations [denial] can lead to procrastination in seeking help or to avoidance of action that might prevent harm. — Unknown Author
When Scripture talks about the heart, it's not talking about that life-sustaining muscle. It's talking about our entire inner being. The heart is the seat… — Billy Graham
At 42, I decided to become a photographer because it offered a means of creative thought and action. I didn't rationalize this, I just felt… — Wynn Bullock
When I make a photograph I want it to be an altogether new object, complete and self-contained, whose basic condition is order (unlike the world… — Aaron Siskind
This idea fascinates me. The idea that a few seconds of watching a photographer in action can tell you his/her status in the medium. And… — David Hurn
Reaching a 'creative' state of mind thru positive action is considered preferable to waiting for 'inspiration'. — Minor White
Pictures are wasted unless the motive power which impelled you to action is strong and stirring. — Berenice Abbott
A state is not a mere society, having a common place, established for the prevention of mutual crime and for the sake of exchange. .… — Aristotle
I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed — Emanuel Lasker
Photography was the first available demonstration that light could indeed exert an action sufficient to cause changes in material bodies. — Unknown Author

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