Action Quotes

8300 Action quotes by 4093 unique authors

In the broad sense design means thinking about what the function or purpose of things or processes are, and translating that into action. — Howard Rheingold
Proceed, great chief, with virtue on thy sideThy every action let the goddess guide. — Phillis Wheatley
Nothing counts but pressure, pressure, more pressure, and still more pressure through broad organized aggressive mass action. — A. Philip Randolph
[The popular impression about some chemists is that] the aquafortis and the chlorine of the laboratories have as effectually bleached the poetry out of them,… — George Wilson
The grand delusion of contemporary liberals is that they have both the right and the ability to move their fellow creatures around like blocks of… — Thomas Sowell
What action could bodies and substances have if they were not named in a further increase of dignity where common nouns become proper nouns? — Gaston Bachelard
Repetition is the mother of learning, the father of action, which makes it the architect of accomplishment. — Zig Ziglar
When God picks out a man and speaks to him, it is to engage him in a work, an action. Nowhere in Scripture do we… — Jacques Ellul
I found earthquakes, even when I was in them, deeply satisfying, abruptly revealed evidence of the scheme in action. That the schemes could destroy the… — Joan Didion
We can know a person by observing his behaviour, understanding the reasons for his actions and ascertaining his intentions. If we do this, how can… — Confucius
My affairs are in the keeping of Infinite Wisdom. I am guided by Divine Intelligence. The activity of Spirit inspires my mind and flows through… — Ernest Holmes
We need, men so possessed by the Spirit of God that God can think His thoughts through our minds, that He can plan His will… — Alan Redpath
The State, in organizing security should not stifle incentive, opportunity, responsibility; in establishing a national minimum, it should leave room and encouragement for voluntary action… — William Beveridge
If you persist in trying to attain what is never attained (It is Tao's gift), if you persist in making effort to obtain what effort… — Zhuangzi
Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit. — Laozi
Don't impose your will through manipulation of aggressive emotions and actions. — Laozi
Action is the 'bridge' between the inner world and the outer world. — T. Harv Eker
Know that whatever is happening in your life right now, it's there for a reason. Just accept the things the way they are. Just relax… — Brandon Bays
The Kennedy home was a place of much action and laughter, a lively, brawling mob of children overseen by a mother who knew when to… — James David Barber
What knowing the Mother means above all is daring to put love into action. The Mother herself is love-in-action, love acting everywhere and in everything… — Andrew Harvey
These are only hints an guesses... the rest is prayer, observance, discipline, thought, and action. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
I am not taking legal action against any team-mate. — Unknown Author
Survey and test a prospective action before undertaking it. Before you proceed, step back and look at the big picture, lest you act rashly on… — Epictetus
One cannot use an evil action with reference to a good intention. — Thomas Aquinas
The child learns more of the virtues needed in modern life-of fairness, of justice, of comradeship, of collective interest and action-in a common school than… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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