Action Quotes

Our vision of a sustainable future will only materialize through action taken today.

I get mad when people call me an action movie star. Indiana Jones is an adventure film, a comic book, a fantasy.

In ordinary life, the action of a third party does not free the contractor from an obligation; but the advantage of making a contract with heaven is that intentions are valid currency.

By far the most important form of attention we can give our loved ones is listening... True listening is love in action.

The quickest way to relieve anxiety is ACTION!

Hillary's explanation of the Libyan action to Congress was so good, I wonder who explained it to her?

Sweep away the clutter of things that complicate our lives.

I believe that a small action or a subtle gesture in life can change many, many things.

Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.

First you give life and action and guidance to ideas, then they take on power of their own and sweep aside all opposition.

The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference.

I could care less about being an action actor like Stallone or Schwarzenegger.

Economic depression can not be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement.

A goal without an action plan is a daydream.

But the standard churchy spirituality doesn't require any real action, courage, or sacrifice from its attendees.

Japanese gamers aren't really into action games right now. They're into role-playing or strategy games with a lot of stats, but action titles are still really popular across the US and Europe.

I wish to work miracles.

The criterion of action is that todays work should not be deferred till the following day.

Action is the foundation of all success.

Believing prayer will lead to whole-hearted action.

Patience is about understanding the right moment for action and the right moment for stillness.

Democracy can only spring from practising it early, and democratic action was not to expected from young people brought up under a close authoritarian system.

It is in the nature of the human being to seek a justification for his actions.

The Holy Grail of universal coverage in the United States may remain out of reach unless, through rational collective action overriding some individual self-interest, we can reduce per capita costs.

Faith is not complacent; faith is action. You don’t have faith and wait. When you have faith, you move.

Knowledge is NOT power. Knowledge is only POTENTIAL power. Action is power.

Solitude is not an absence of energy or action, as some believe, but is rather a boon of wild provisions transmitted to us from the soul.

Nice guys do not finish last. Last place is for the cowards and those too full of fear to take action.

The bolder the action, the greater the genius, magic and power that is likely to flow from it.

Remember, it's not what you do but that you do something that matters.

I want to be like Matt Damon and do a hugely successful thinking-man's action franchise like Bourne.

This isn't just 'the way things are.' This is the way you made them. This is the result of your choices, your actions. Yours.

Stagnation is something worse than death. It is corruption, also.

a vast deal may be done by those who dare to act.

I made a conscious choice to turn down some movies that were action-based, so that I could direct Road to Paloma and show that side.

There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.

speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.

I don't really have anything to say. Basketball is not a game that you can play with your mouth. It needs action to prove yourself.

Accept people and situations as they are in life and then take action. The moment you do this, you'll see you are out of the confusion about anything in life.

Fear has a far greater grasp on human action than the impressive weight of historical evidence.

It is their character indeed that makes people who they are. But it is by reason of their actions that they are happy or the reverse.

A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole is what has a beginning and middle and end.

There is no possibility of failure because you only control your actions and they only influence the probable evolution of your life over stochastic future paths. There is no failure, only feedback.

Choose action, not rest. Choose the good in life in all things, and choose the opportunity as well as the chance to work when springtime smiles on your face.

Energy is our most precious resource, for it is the means by which we transform our creative potential into meaningful action.

It depends, because sometimes an action role can be very demanding, and sometimes a dialogue-driven character can be very demanding, and vice versa. It depends.

Repetition is the mother of learning, the father of action, which makes it the architect of accomplishment.

Being an adult means accepting those situations where no action is possible.

The pursuit of enlightenment is for the purpose of the world, not merely for the purpose of the individual. Practices for enlightenment must lead to action in the world.

When values, thoughts, feelings, and actions are in alignment, a person becomes focused and character is strengthened.