Action Quotes

You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true action or passion out of your modern English religion.

Every action generates a force of energy that returns to us in like kind...what we sow is what we reap.

We're here for such a short time. When your great-great-grandkids study history, don't you want them to be proud that you were part of the solution?

The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.

One of the few things that can't be recycled is wasted time.

Political action is the highest responsibility of a citizen.

Happiness is really rooted in simplicity. The tendency to excessiveness in thought and action diminishes happiness.

True greatness merely refuses to change in the face of bad actions against one—and a truly great person loves his fellows because he understands them.

Cryptography is the ultimate form of non-violent direct action.

Purpose of words is to create silence. Purpose of action is to bring deep rest. Purpose of deep rest is to bring you fulfillment. In fulfillment you find joy, bliss

For a person to feel responsible for his actions, he must sense that the behavior has flowed from the self.

PANTOMIME, n. A play in which the story is told without violence to the language. The least disagreeable form of dramatic action.

Thought and learning are of small value unless translated into action.

Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action. Grace, you know, does not just have to do with forgiveness of sins alone.

I would rather be alone and a loud voice for action than be silent.

Small, deliberate actions inspired by your true desires create a life you love.

When you have become God's in the measure he desires, then he himself will bestow you upon others; unless, to your greater glory, he chooses to keep you all to himself.

Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.

The law of life is that the mind should be at rest while the body engages in action.

The happiness of love is in action; its test is what one is willing to do for others.

Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.

In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

Right action tends to be defined in terms of general individual rights and standards that have been critically examined and agreed upon by the whole society.

I don't think you ever know anyone until you see them in action.

The greatest choice we have is to think before we act and then take action toward our life goals every day. Our problems result not only from our lack of action, but from our action without thought.

Nothing happens in a vacuum in life: every action has a series of consequences, and sometimes it takes a long time to fully understand the consequences of our actions.

Each thought, each action in the sunlight of awareness becomes sacred.

Ideally, our muscles should obey our will. Reasonably, our will should not be dominated by the reflex actions of our muscles.

When the goal of political action is no longer the defense of liberty, no word other than demagoguery can describe the despicable nature of politics.

When once you consider an action, do not let anything dissuade you. Consult your heart, not others, and then follow its dictates.

Everybody ought to be given a chance to do whatever they want, but be responsible for their own actions.

Freedom fighters don't always win, but they're always right.

The Trinity is the basis of the gospel, and the gospel is a declaration of the Trinity in action.

This is very true: For my words are my own, and my actions are my ministers.

God considers not the action, but the spirit of the action.

Excitement must lead to immediate action or you will lose the power of momentum. More dreams die because we fail to seize the moment. Do it now!

All created things are living in the Hand of God. The senses see only the action of the creatures; but faith sees in everything the action of God.

But though cognition is not an element of mental action, nor even in any real sense of the word an aspect of it, the distinction of cognition and conation has if properly defined a definite value.

Be persistent in good actions.

No action is ever an isolated event. Always, it invites from the universe a reaction that corresponds exactly to the type and the force of energy behind the deed.

It is not enough to have ideals. We must translate them into action. We must clear our own little corner of creation.

No matter how difficult a task may look.. Persistence and steady action will get you through

A burning desire is the greatest motivator of every human action.

To take up the cross of Christ is no great action done once for all; it consists in the continual practice of small duties which are distasteful to us.

If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart.

Actions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief,"I am the do-er."

Get action. Do things; be sane; don't fritter away your time; create, act, take a place wherever you are and be somebody; get action.

Theory is good for the intellect, but action is good for the soul. It's also good for your mental health, your physical health, and your pocketbook.