Action Quotes

If you can't do what you want, do what you can.

The whole action of the laws tended to increase the number of consumers of food and to diminish the number of producers, was due the invention of the Malthusian theory of population.

Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.

ACT as men of thought; THINK as men of action.

The biggest mistake any of us can make is thinking that love is a feeling, an emotion. It's not that at all. It's an action.

Thought precedes action as lighting does thunder.

Human action is purposeful behavior.

Enthusiasm gives life to what is invisible; and interest to what has no immediate action on our comfort in this world.

Under democracy, individual liberty of opinion and action is jealously guarded.

If you will express the requisite purity of character in action, you cannot do it better than through the spinning wheel.

At the end of the day we're all spirits having a physical experience. That really comes from my relationship with Islam because it just makes me really conscious of my action.

State intentions every day. Create action plans to achieve your intention.

Not that I am ashamed of my mind or body, my birth or breeding, my actions or fortunes, for my bashfulness is in my nature, not for any crime.

Sin is not just action. It's life direction.

There is such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and positive action.

Balance happens when I invite it to happen with my intentional actions and my guided perspective.

Analysis can tell us what is required, but it cannot make us act.

Knowledge of our duties is the most essential part of the philosophy of life. If you escape duty you avoid action. The world demands results.

A man's intentions should be allowed in some respects to plead for his actions.

Any action done with the right attitude, understanding and discrimination will take you closer to liberation. If however, the same action is done without the right attitude, it will bind you.

I still like the run and gun action movies and how truly dangerous it can be to make these films.

The whole thing of life and all the answers to everything are in one divine law, Karma action and reaction.

But, as you have intimated, I am among those who would be very wary of any military action in the light of Saddam Hussein's willingness to allow the weapons inspectors to go in.

Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity.

This Ariyan Eightfold Path, that is to say: Right view, right aim, right speech, right action, right living, right effort, right mindfulness, right contemplation.

You can't truthfully explain your smallest action without fully revealing your character.

Doing your best is taking the action because you love it, not because you're expecting a reward

Tim Tebow's like the snake doctor for Florida. Gotta stop the snake doctor, keep the Gators from moving the ball....this time he snaked Alabama with a play action pass.

Action is the only way to make progress. Take action now; don’t wait for a convenient time. It can’t be overemphasized.

At the hour of death when we all come face to face with God we are going to be judged on love: how much we have loved, not how much we have done but how much love we have put in our action.

He who considers too much will perform little.

He who cannot command himself should obey. And many can command themselves, but much is still lacking before they can obey themselves.

France always has plenty men of talent, but it is always deficient in men of action and high character.

Karma is simply the law of cause and effect in action. All moments and occurrences are caused by other moments and occurrences that preceded them in an endless, causal chain.

The dreamer is a madman quiescent, the madman is a dreamer in action.

Ever since I was old enough to remember my own actions, I realized that when I am passionate about something, I must do it 130%, regardless of what other passions I may already be pursuing.

A man often imagines that he acts, when he is acted upon.

Intention without action is useless.

Its such an egotistical thing to be able to just stand there and say, Action! Its like being a little mini-god.

Persistence is self-discipline in action.

We should do only those righteous actions which we cannot stop ourselves from doing.

Genius is in the idea. Impact, however, comes from action!

The action heroes were very cool as a kid. You would compare yourself with them - Jean-Claude Van Damme and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

When the next step is unclear, the best way to figure it out is to take action. Constant motion is the key to execution.

Serviceis love in action, love "made flesh"; service is the body, the incarnation of love. Love is the impetus, service the act, and creativity the result with many by-products.

For some of the large indignities of life, the best remedy is direct action. For the small indignities, the best remedy is a Charlie Chaplin movie. The hard part is knowing the difference.

When the democratic deficit is so enormous, people are left with very little option but to take peaceful, non-violent direct action.

I love doing action scenes, there's that great thing when you sort of stop acting because if you're running, you're not acting like you're running, you are just actually running.

I did work out every day. I needed it to have the endurance to do what needed to be done and not get hurt. I have such a new respect for action stars now.

[Sexism is] behavior, policy, language, or other action of men or women which expresses the institutionalized, systematic, comprehensive, or consistent view that women are inferior.