Action Quotes

8300 Action quotes by 4093 unique authors

Two people may have one sensitivity, one action, one reaction and one feeling; it doesn't matter how much time and distance they have between themselves-that… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
When your every thought and your every action is directed to your ultimate life goals, you become unstoppable and assured of great success and happiness. — Robin Sharma
Faith is illuminative, not operative; it does not force obedience, though it increases responsibility; it heightens guilt, but it does not prevent sin. The will… — John Henry Newman
At my age, 85, I'm at age where I can look back and derive some conclusions about my actions. My rule has been try to… — Robert McNamara
Those of us who finally saw through the Vietnam war saw through this war, and all the actions that were necessary to end the Vietnam… — Daniel Ellsberg
Don't wait until you feel like taking positive action. Take the action and then you will feel like doing it. — Zig Ziglar
God created us to be worshipers because it is right that he be known, loved and worshiped. This isn't because he is needy and wishes… — Elyse Fitzpatrick
It's not just words. Action expresses priorities. — Mahatma Gandhi
The real issue is how to make appropriate choices about what to do at any point in time. The real issue is how we manage… — David Allen
I am proactive in every duty, except that which requires action. — Wes Fesler
Self-awareness is our capacity to stand apart from ourselves and examine our thinking, our motives, our history, our scripts, our actions, and our habits and… — Stephen Covey
Anarchy, when it works to destroy authority in all its aspects, when it demands the abrogation of laws and the abolition of the mechanism that… — Peter Kropotkin
Conscience is merely our own judgment of the right or wrong of our actions, and so can never be a safe guide unless enlightened by… — Tryon Edwards
We are the makers of our own state and...individuals who realize the fact need not, ought not, to wait for collective action. — Mahatma Gandhi
I am in favor of [actions] that have authenticity, roots, originality, verve, balance, taste, communicativeness, challenge, relevance to their time-in short, things that make sense. — Vaclav Havel
Acquisition of skills requires a regular environment, an adequate opportunity to practice, and rapid and unequivocal feedback about the correctness of thoughts and actions. — Daniel Kahneman
Several of the energy companies want to do the right thing. It's a matter of leveling the playing field though for them and that's why… — Ed Royce
Maybe time is nothing at all like a straight line. Perhaps it's shaped like a twisted doughnut. But for tens of thousands of years, people… — Haruki Murakami
Rosa Parks was a woman of strength, conviction, and morality. Her action on December 1, 1955, to defy the law made her a leading figure… — John Shimkus
After September 11, when the United States took action to overthrow the Taliban, our interests and Iran's aligned, and we were able to coordinate quietly… — Earl Blumenauer
Every skill, every talent, every capacity, and every ability of the mind are really the Soul-action made visibly tangible. — Joel S. Goldsmith
Giving is a powerful action to bring more money into your life, because when you are giving you are saying, "I have plenty." — Rhonda Byrne
My opinion of the Russians has changed most drastically in the last week than even (sic) the two-and-a-half years before that. It's only now dawning… — Jimmy Carter
You [President Kennedy] have made some pretty strong statements about their being defensive and that we would take action against offensive weapons. I think that… — Curtis LeMay
A detective novel should contain no long descriptive passages, no literary dallying with side-issues, no subtly worked-out character analyses, no 'atmospheric' preoccupations. Such matters have… — S. S. Van Dine

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