Action Quotes

No thought, no action, no movement, total stillness: only thus can one manifest the true nature and law of things from within and unconsciously, and at last become one with heaven and earth.

Tell people what specific action to take.

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.

Don't let your negative self beliefs haunt you out of taking action. You owe it to yourself to live the life that you desire.

An evil intention perverts the best actions, and makes them sins.

Watch your actions, they become your habits.

Words should be used as tools of communication and not as a substitute for action

Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.

We have the authority to take action, but responsible authority means not only being able to take action, but knowing when and how to take that action.

The real art is in the street, is making the artwork, and for that you have to involve people. The action is actually the artwork.

You never know where your actions will lead to. But if you don't do anything they will lead you nowhere.

Imagination is the hotbed where this sin is too often hatched. Guard your thoughts, and there will be little fear about your actions.

Animation is the only thing I ever wanted to do in my whole life. I have no desire for live-action or anything else.

Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.

To me, a witch is a woman that is capable of letting her intuition take hold of her actions, that communes with her environment, that isn't afraid of facing challenges.

You have freedom when you're easy in your harness.

There is no avoidance in delay.

What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.

One's action ought to come out of an achieved stillness: not to be a mere rushing on.

The more often he feels without acting, the less he will be able ever to act, and, in the long run, the less he will be able to feel.

I conceive ethics as a branch of psychology.

If military action in Iraq is launched without a new U.N. resolution, Canada will not participate.

Any action that arises out of stress is of low quality, and it contributes to human suffering. You are making yourself and others suffer.

Discipline in perception lets you clearly see the advantage and the proper course of action in every situation—without the pestilence of panic or fear.

Purposeful action is thus the goal of all that is truly educative.

Patience in the mind and dynamism in action is the right formula.

This is a time for action — not for war, but for mobilization of every bit of peace machinery.

Writing bridges the inner and outer worlds and connects the paths of action and reflection.

For an infrequent action to become a habit, the user must perceive a high degree of utility, either from gaining pleasure or avoiding pain.

We make the best choices when we have invested all of our energies, our hearts, and our souls into a course of action that leads to the accomplishment of goals we are passionate about.

Satan well knows that success can only attend order and harmonious action. He well knows that every thing connected with Heaven is in perfect order.

Reducing the thinking required to take the next action increases the likelihood of the desired behavior occurring unconsciously.

Winners take the action that others won't.

Being our Self is the wisest philosophy, the bravest action, the kindest consideration and the greatest act of healing imaginable.

It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate.

No one can be guaranteed success without failures along the way. But one thing that guarantees failure is never taking action.

The unique ability to take decisive action while maintainign focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.

Philanthropy requires thought, action, and passion.

Behavior is a much better barometer of what you are than words.

Nothing annoys me more than having the most trivial action analyzed and explained.

There are but few who have ideas and are, at the same time, capable of action. Ideas enlarge but stymie, action enlivens but confines.

All actions and attitudes of children are graceful because they are the luxuriant and immediate offspring of the moment - divested of affectation and free from all pretense.

Mental toughness is a state of mind - you could call it 'character in action.'

Truth and right are above utility in all realms of thought and action.

Vision = Focus / Focus = Attention / Attention = Action /Action = Results / Consistent Results = Destiny

One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment... If it doesn't turn out right, we can modify it as we go along.

Service is taking action to create value for someone else.

Your success is not measured in terms of what all you obtained but in term of what you become, how you live and what actions you do. Upon this point reflect well and attain great happiness

Our thoughts, words and actions produce feelings; and these feelings become the currency with which we produce our life experiences.

Inaction may be the biggest form of action.