Action Quotes

If we had to go live action, I'd hold out for Tim Burton to direct.

God isn't dead - he's just missing in action.

Experiments work when, and only when, they call into action cognitive capacities that might reliably deliver the conclusions drawn.

What pity 'tis, one that can speak so well, Should in his actions be so ill!

Remember that in all miseries lamenting becomes fools, and action, wise folk.

The end of all knowledge should be in virtuous action.

It is manifest that all government of action is to be gotten by knowledge, and knowledge best, by gathering many knowledges, which is reading.

When mind and action are separate, zen is lost. We keep the two in sync by paying attention.

When one questions [Dalai Lama's] political actions, it is worth remembering that he's the single most experienced politician on the planet at this moment.

What we have to do is act as clearly and with as pure motivation as is possible now, and that will sow the seeds for good action maybe in the twenty-second century.

[The Dalai Lama ] says Western traditions can teach Tibetans a lot about social action, and he thinks some Christians are very good at that.

Past violence is detrimental to our present action, and it is not in the name of principles that we denounce it, but in the name of efficiency.

Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.

I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.

I never forget, remember that. Not an action, not a name, not a face.

With songs I almost see the images, see the action, and then all I have to do is describe it. It's almost like watching a scene from a film, and that's what I go about trying to catch in a song.

Where reverence is, there is fear; for he who has a feeling of reverence and shame about the commission of any action, fears and is afraid of an ill reputation.

A remorseful change of mind renders even a noble action base, whereas the determination which is grounded on knowledge and reason cannot change even if its actions fail.

It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad.

Christian witness is concrete: words without actions are empty.

Our life is made up of time, and time is a gift from God, so it is important that it be used in good and fruitful actions.

Faith intervenese not to abolish reason's autonomy nor to reduce its scope for action, but solely to bring the human being to understand that in these events it is the God of Israel who acts.

Give fear no hold on you. Keep sinews loose and senses open, ready at every instant to flow with the rush of action.

The ethics of excellence are grounded in action - what you actually do, rather than what you say you believe. Talk, as the saying goes, is cheap.

What is done hastily cannot be done prudently.

I would like - either as an actor, or producer or even director - to do something sci-fi or action-related. I like sci-fi, always have, 'Star Trek' and 'Star Wars' and all that stuff.

Belief initiates and guides action - or it does nothing.

Part of the value of TASK is not to invest into anything permanent; to really celebrate the moment-the fluidity of creative action.

I'm not a fan of action movies. I don't watch many action movies, I don't have a lot of references except for 70s action movies or cinema noir.

Action is limited and relative. Unlimited and absolute is the vision of him who sits at ease and watches, who walks in loneliness and dreams.

The iron ring is worn out by constant use. [Lat., Ferreus assiduo consumitur anulus usu.]

The gods behold all righteous actions.

I definitely wouldn't shy away from doing another action based project, but I feel like my forte is more like playing real, ordinary people. I'm a girl's girl.

Eleanor Marx was a pragmatic person of actions and deeds and she was an organizer.

'Alias' was very action-packed. 'G.I. Joe' and 'Conan' were very action-packed. It's been established that I can do action, which is great, but now I may just want to make out with a really hot guy.

I would love to play more nerd roles, as well as action hero roles.

Any action in which you can be total becomes meditation.

Religious conservatives still lack a theology of direct political action.

An action of God may be the only thing that can save the Church today.

Disinformation is a large part of its[CIA] covert action responsibility, and the American people are the primary target of its lies.

I hear people who are worried about climate change tell me, oh, Congress that's gridlock, that's not where the action is.

The flow from knowledge to action draws upon the complete person with his or her catalyst and synergistic potential.

The end of being is to know; and if you say, the end of knowledge is action,-why, yes, but the end of that action again, is knowledge.

In a virtuous action, I properly am; in a virtuous act, I add to the world; I plant into deserts conquered from Chaos and Nothing, and see the darkness receding on the limits of the horizon.

The measure of action is the sentiment from which it proceeds. The greatest action may easily be one of the most private circumstance.

The world leaves no track in space, and the greatest action of man no mark in the vast idea.

All infractions of love and equity in our social relations are speedily punished-by fear...be honest with a man and you have no fear. Try to deceive and the relationship deteriorates.

Every noble activity makes room for itself.

Man's actions are the picture book of his creeds.

As soon as the man is at one with God, he will not beg. He will then see prayer in all action.