Action Quotes
Let the ground of all thy religious actions be obedience; examine not why it is commanded, but observe it because it is commanded. True obedience neither procrastinates nor questions.
The fear of criticism is at the bottom of the destruction of most ideas which never reach the planning and action stage.
Reason is not time only interpreter of life. The fountain of action is in time feelings.
The national school is not a lecture hall or a library. Its schooling consists chiefly in experimental collective action aimed at the realization of a collective purpose.
Moral truth, resting entirely upon the ascertained consequences of actions, supposes a process of observation and reasoning.
All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people think of these stories as hard, hopeless and brutal.
Teach not with your words, but with your actions; not with discussion but with demonstration. For it is what you do that your children will emulate, and how you are that they will become.
Meditation is not to avoid society; it is to look deep to have the kind of insight you need to take action. To think that it is just to sit down and enjoy the calm and peace, is wrong.
My goal is this: always to put myself in the place in which I am best able to serve, wherever my gifts and qualities find the best soil to grow, the widest field of action. There is no other goal.
The world is full of resonances. It constitutes a cosmos of things exerting a spiritual action. The dead matter is a living spirit.
The fact that I am standing there and washing bowls is a wondrous reality. I'm being completely myself, following my breath, conscious of my presence, and conscious of my thoughts and actions.
Strive for originality in thought and action. Be first; Be different; And be daring. Only then will you make a significant difference in this world. You may even attain greatness.
If you aren’t where you want to be or you haven’t achieved all you hope to achieve, the reason most likely resides not around you but within you. Take responsibility and then take action.
It was unbelievable seeing me as an action figure! In a few months, toddlers all around the country will be biting my head off!
Wisdom is not a matter of study, but a matter of living, and of sure action which rises above opposites.
It is not necessary for all men to be great in action. The greatest and sublimest power is often simple patience.
President Obama is doing the right thing by offering young immigrants, most often in this country through no action of their own, a chance to live and work openly, free from the fear of deportation.
Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt.
For every scientific (or engineering) action, there is an equal and opposite social reaction.
God is glorified, not by our groans, but our thanksgivings; and all good thought and good action claim a natural alliance with good cheer.
Every rein aid must be preceded by an action of the torso. Otherwise you only address the horse's head.
For me painting is a dramatic action in the course of which reality finds itself split apart
If one wishes to know love, one must live love, in action. Thoughts, readings and discourse on love are of value only as they present questions to be acted upon.
When the basis for your actions is inner alignment with the present moment, your actions become empowered by the intelligence of life itself.
The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.
A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need.
You make decisions, take actions, affect the world, receive feedback from the world, incorporate it into yourself, then the updated 'you' makes more decisions, and so forth, 'round and 'round.
The conscious mind is not at the center of the action in the brain; instead, it is far out on a distant edge, hearing but whispers of the activity.
Action is with the scholar subordinate, but it is essential. Without it, he is not yet man. Without it, thought can never ripen into truth.
I think I wanna do some action stuff down the road. I wanna kill some aliens. Something real fun, you know? Just a big, fun movie.
Whatever one man is capable of imagining, other men will prove themselves capable of realizing.
Fear stimulates us to take action and can be our friend, but if you act as though fear is not there-if you deny it-it will build and create barriers.
The highest proof of civility is that the whole public action of the State is directed on securing the greatest good of the greatest number.
One of the greatest motivators is desire. If the desire is strong enough you will do whatever it takes to achieve. Just connect your actions with your true desires.
Life is too short to waste. Dreams are fulfilled only through action, not through endless planning to take action.
The future depends more upon our choice of institutions which support a life of action than on our developing new ideologies and technologies.
To me, it is a process, a process that starts with raising awareness, engaging international partners on this issue, and being committed to a different course of action.
Works without faith are like a fish without water, it wants the element it should live in. A building without a basis cannot stand; faith is the foundation, and every good action is as a stone laid.