Action Quotes

8300 Action quotes by 4093 unique authors

In the martial arts, introspection begets wisdom. Always see contemplation on your actions as an opportunity to improve. — Mas Oyama
Sometimes, even the very best course of action fails. — Bernard Beckett
Never let the sense of failure corrupt your new action. — Oswald Chambers
This is the essence of God's sovereignty; His absolute independence to do as He pleases and His absolute control over the actions of all His… — Jerry Bridges
Biblical love is not emotions or feelings, but attitudes and actions that seek the best interests of the other person, regardless of how we feel… — Jerry Bridges
When we can see an immediate payoff, we are more likely to change our behavior in the moment. This aligns our daily actions with our… — Tom Rath
No matter what the realm of leadership – the home, the workplace, the church, or the community – the vision is crucial. Leaders must funnel… — Phil Pringle
Thinking is the place where intelligent actions begin. We pause long enough to look more carefully at a situation, to see more of its character,… — Margaret J. Wheatley
What should move us to action is human dignity: the inalienable dignity of the oppressed, but also the dignity of each of us. We lose… — Dominique de Menil
In my view the successful companies of the future will be those that integrate business and employees' personal values. The best people want to do… — Jeroen van der Veer
Every rein aid must be preceded by an action of the torso. Otherwise you only address the horse's head. — Nuno Oliveira
You never get bored with God in action. — Loren Cunningham
Echo of your thoughts has greater impact on the world than your actions. — Amit Ray
The more we practice nonviolence in our words, thoughts and actions the more peaceful will be our inner state. — Amit Ray
Stillness is not the absence or negation of energy, life, or movement. Stillness is dynamic. It is unconflicted movement, life in harmony with itself, skill… — Erich Schiffmann
Faith is not complacent; faith is action. You don’t have faith and wait. When you have faith, you move. — Betty Eadie
The vicarious responsibility for things we have not done, this taking upon ourselves the consequences for things we are entirely innocent of, is the price… — Hannah
What in thinking only occasionally and quasi-metaphorically happens, to retreat from the world of appearances, takes place in aging and dying as an appearance… in… — Hannah
Heir to your own karma doesn't mean 'You get what you deserve.' I think it means 'You get what you get.' Bad things happen to… — Sylvia Boorstein
Never again will I make the simple into the complex. Something of true value does not become more valuable because it becomes complicated. Experience and… — Donald Curtis
The action is in the interaction. — Douglas Conant
There are several paths to success; We are given multiple opportunities to achieve our potential throughout our lives. Some get there a little faster than… — Rachael Bermingham
It is through justification of one's actions that a completely guiltless life is possible. — Ashly Lorenzana
For me words still possess their primitive, mystical, incantatory powers. I am inclined to use them as part of an attempt to make my own… — Ingrid Bengis
Any action can be practiced as an art, as a craft, or as drudgery. — Stephen Nachmanovitch

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