Action Quotes

The act of God injures no one.

As long as hope does not embrace and transform the thought and action of men, it remains topsy-turvy and ineffective.

Instead of the international police action we had hoped for during the war in Kosovo, there are wars again - conducted with state-of-the-art technology, but still in the old style

There is no defence for my actions which I sincerely regret. [on an affair with nanny Daisy Wright]

For memory is a moral action, a choice. You can choose to remember. You can choose not.

Think that day lost whose descending sun, views from thy hand no noble action done.

Our actions must clothe us with an immortality loathsome or glorious.

Living requires but little life; doing requires much.

As in political so in literary action a man wins friends for himself mostly by the passion of his prejudices and the consistent narrowness of his outlook.

What the artist must render is a living moment somehow, a living moment actually in action or an inward experience.

In this country men seem to live for action as long as they can and sink into apathy when they retire.

Many actions calculated to procure fame are not conducive to ultimate happiness.

Unless a capacity for thinking be accompanied by a capacity for action, a superior mind exists in torture.

I like action more than anything touchy-feely.

Exploding many things under the name of trifles is a very false proof either of wisdom or magnanimity, and a great check to virtuous actions with regard to fame.

In climbing, having confidence in your partners is no small concern. One climber's actions can affect the welfare of the entire team.

Men of thought and men of action, clear the Way!

In anger, my hostility is directed toward another's action and can be extinguished by getting even - an action that reestablishes the equilibrium.

There is absolutely no Wuxia or martial arts in 'Red Cliff.' I want all the action to look realistic.

I think we'll build a consensus for action on Social Security reform which will reduce that long-term unfunded obligation and put the system on a sustainable basis.

Rosa Parks was a woman of strength, conviction, and morality. Her action on December 1, 1955, to defy the law made her a leading figure in our nation's civil rights history.

There is no action so slight or so mean but it may be done to a great purpose, and ennobled thereby.

Further study of central nervous action, however, finds central inhibition too extensive and ubiquitous to make it likely that it is confined solely to the taxis of antagonistic muscles.

Virtue that wavers is not virtue, but vice revolted from itself, and after a while returning. The actions of just and pious men do not darken in their middle course.

Before I did any action movies, I did a couple of thrillers. That's hung around for me.

The recycling of resource by the aggregate behavior of a diverse array of agents is much more than the sum of the individual actions.

The propriety of thoughts and words, which are the hidden beauties of a play, are but confusedly judged in the vehemence of action.

Affirmation plus action equals miracles.

The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine principle of our race is action, choice, resolved memory.

To praise great actions is in some sense to share them.

What we take for virtue is often nothing but an assemblage of different actions, and of different interests, that fortune or our industry knows how to arrange.

Does not vanity itself cease to be blamable, is it not even ennobled, when it is directed to laudable objects, when it confines itself to prompting us to great and generous actions?

We [black actors] are more respected in Europe, because in Europe, I'm not a black actor - I'm an action star. In America, I'm a black actor.

Purity is also developed in action. Purity is developed when we love.

By becoming a conscious choice-maker, you begin to generate actions that are evolutionary for you.

Be a perfect flow of energy in whatever you chose to do. This is perfect action.

Instead of your ego directing you and making countless mistakes, allow yourself to be guided by the invisible principles of the universe within your action.

It is best to think of karma, not so much in terms of physical action, but as waveforms of vibratory energy.

Start by thinking of the smallest possible action you could take; then, take it. Then, choose the next smallest action, and do that.

The field of action of a photograph should be that chessboard of the heart and mind upon which poetry and art have always operated

A strong plan of action will yield you quantum results and will ensure that you don’t fall into the familiar patterns of your past.

Knowledge, the object of knowledge and the knower are the three factors which motivate action; the senses, the work and the doer comprise the threefold basis of action.

There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin.

I'm a big movie fan. After a show, if I'm on the bus or a plane, it's often hard to get to sleep, so I'll watch a film. An action film can even relax me.

Nevertheless, this one fact should be apparent: turning the other cheek is a bribe. It is a valid form of action for only so long as the Christian is impotent politically or militarily.

Beings are owners of their action, heirs of their action.

I may never get my own action figure, but at least I think what I'm doing is really legitimate musically

I played this character twice in live action, and now I've become an animated character. It was actually fun to see myself drawn - I've never been a drawn character before.

Focus on action! Go on! Do it! Call them! Write it! Say it! Grab it! Who knows what 'awesome stuff' might happen? Yes - Action is the key!

Big business increasingly likes to portray itself as socially concerned, adopting the style of civic action through 'campaigns' of varying degrees of cynicism.