Action Quotes

Let us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone, but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing, and God everything.

To understand is hard. Once one understands, action is easy.

Let your dreams be bigger than your fears and your actions louder than your words.

Our love should not be just words and talk; it must be true love, which shows itself in action.

There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.

Your action expresses your priorities.

The merit in action lies in finishing it to the end.

The road to success is always under construction.

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the action that we do.

Your genuine action will explain itself, and will explain your other genuine actions. Your conformity explains nothing.

The action of Mind (thought) plants that nucleus which, if allowed to grow undisturbed, will eventually attract to itself all the conditions necessary for its manifestation in outward visible form.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

This whole religion revolves around knowing the truth and acting by it, and action must be accompanied by patience.

Military action without politics is like a tree without a root.

There's always ways of motivating yourself to higher levels. Write about it, dream about it. But after that, turn it into action. Don't just dream.

Ideas in a void have never appealed to me; action must follow thought or political life is meaningless.

Unless the will is free, man has no freedom; and if he has no freedom he is not a moral agent, that is, he is incapable of moral action and also of moral character.

Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears.

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.

The ultimate purpose of collecting the data is to provide a basis for action or a recommendation.

I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Success is not only for the elite. Success is there for those who want it, plan for it, and take action to achieve it.

In order to change our mode of action, we must change the image of ourselves that we carry within us.

Action must be taken at once, there is no time to be lost.

Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.

Dreams and reality are opposites. Action synthesizes them.

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

Good words do not last long unless they amount to something.

We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed.

You don't need to do everything. Do what calls your heart; effective action comes from love. It is unstoppable, and it is enough.

Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the rights of the citizen.

I'm past patiently waitin,' I'm passionately smashin' every expectation, every action's an act of creation.

Devotion (Bhakti) includes Sentimental Devotion (Bhav Bhakti) and Devotion through action (Kruti Bhakti).

An individual action, multiplied by millions, creates global change.

Action not backed by knowledge and knowledge not translatable into action, both can not stand the test of time.

Judo teaches us to look for the best possible course of action, whatever the individual circumstances.

Prayer is where the action is.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

The main characteristic of play - whether of child or adult - is not it content but its mode. Play is an approach to action, not a form of activity.

How often has Hitler said to me: 'I know that my decision or action is correct. I cannot explain at the moment why, but I feel that it is right and the future will prove it so'.

If you limit your actions in life to things that nobody can possibly find fault with, you will not do much!

You can start changing our world for the better daily, no matter how small the action.

There is no safer anchorage for our learning, our lives, and our public actions than that provided by Divine teachings.

When we are in doubt whether an action is good or bad, abstain from it.

These men are all talk; What is needed is action - action!

All action is prayer. All trees are desire-fulfilli ng. All water is the Ganga. All land is Varanasi. Love everything.

Please, a definition: A hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.

Of what use is a dream if not a blueprint for courageous action.