Taking Action Quotes

“All I ask is this: Do something. Try something. Speaking out, showing up, writing a letter, a check, a strongly worded e-mail. Pick a cause – there are few unworthy ones. And nudge yourself past the brink of tacit support to action. Once a month, once a year, or just once...Even just learning enough about a subject so you can speak against an opponent eloquently makes you an unusual personage. Start with that. Any one of you would have cried out, would have intervened, had you been in that crowd in Bashiqa. Well thanks to digital technology, you’re all in it now.”
― Joss Whedon

“The Anatomy of Conflict:

If there is no communication then there is no respect. If there is no respect then there is no caring. If there is no caring then there is no understanding. If there is no understanding then there is no compassion. If there is no compassion then there is no empathy. If there is no empathy then there is no forgiveness. If there is no forgiveness then there is no kindness. If there is no kindness then there is no honesty. If there is no honesty then there is no love. If there is no love then God doesn't reside there. If God doesn't reside there then there is no peace. If there is no peace then there is no happiness. If there is no happiness ----then there IS CONFLICT BECAUSE THERE IS NO COMMUNICATION!”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Everyone who has ever taken a shower has had an idea. It's the
person who gets out of the shower, dries off, and does something
about it that makes a difference.”
― Nolan Bushnell

“Knowledge is power: You hear it all the time but knowledge is not power. It's only potential power. It only becomes power when we apply it and use it.

Somebody who reads a book and doesn't apply it, they're at no advantage over someone who's illiterate.

None of it works unless YOU work. We have to do our part. If knowing is half the battle, action is the second half of the battle.”
― Jim Kwik

“When we pray we admit defeat.”
― Anthony Burgess, The Wanting Seed

“In leadership, life and all things it’s far wiser to judge people by their deeds than their speech - their track record rather than their talk” – Rasheed Ogunlaru”
― Rasheed Ogunlaru

“Everyone has their own boat, it's a matter of pulling it out of the sand, and putting it in the water. But further, you can anchor the boat in fear when the storms rage, and go nowhere, let it drift aimlessly on its own or you can let God be the navigator and guide you on a journey in a way that is right for you.”
― Anthony Liccione

“If thinking should precede acting, then acting must succeed thinking.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“It is not enough to know what we are against. We must also know what we are for.”
― G. Edward Griffin, The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve

“Your thought is illusion, your action is the truth.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“If you lose them with your words, win them back with your actions.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Praying for what you want works, only when you have worked for what you want.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“It takes several right actions to build reputation and it takes just one wrong action to ruin it.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Enough thinking about the internet.”
― A.D. Aliwat, In Limbo

“One who moves the hill set off by taking away the rocks.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Your actions speaks so loudly that you need not say anything else.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“He who learns a lot but applies a little stays little.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Not everybody interprets great thoughts, but everybody interprets great actions.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“In life if you have not done enough to create yourself, you will never be able to find yourself.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“When you set a goal for yourself, design some plans to make it happen and put those plans into action they seem to take on a life of their own.”
― Michael ONeill, Road Work: Images And Insights Of A Modern Day Explorer

“But if something was really important, fate made sure it somehow came back to you and gave you another chance. I’d gotten one reaching out to grab Kristy’s hand as she pulled me into the ambulance; another during the trip to the hospital that ended with seeing Avery born. Events conspired to bring you back to where you’d been. It was what you did then that made all the difference: it was all about potential”
― Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever

“just because you know a bunch of things doesn't give you an unerring guide to know what to do about those things”
― Jordan B. Peterson

“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.”
― Leonardo da Vinci

“Two truths that can be at odds:

1) There are no bonus points in life for doing it the hard way.
2) There is a lot to be gained in life by acting fast and giving your best effort.

Don't let the excuse of searching for a better way prevent you from taking action.”
― James Clear

“She'd long ago learned an important lesson--there was always a way to wrestle with the impossible.”
― Suzanne Selfors, A Semi-Charming Kind of Life

“This is a crooked and perverse nation, friend. People are more worried about economy than ecology. JESUS! The lack of money makes life difficult, alright, but the presence of radiation and deathkulture chemicals is the very antithesis of life itself…and people run around arguing about the price of goddamn pantyhose.
One thing we MUST prevent, therefore, is letting the Church become a soporific, a “drug” that lets us accept the death of all life on Earth. Yeah, THAT’S funny, HA HA! This better not become some god-awful End Times PORN for those who can only “get off” on fear-and-laughter. The Church should make it easier to conceive of the humans’ inconceivable threat to themselves, but ONLY IF THAT MAKES US DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
THAT is the whole point.”
― Ivan Stang

“Viata pe pamant e ca un torent. Trebuie sa-l traversezi inot pentru a ajunge pe celalalt mal. Grijile de capatai ale omului de pe pamant sunt de a nu fi purtat de torent. De moda. De noutati. Doar animalele moarte, cadavrele, sunt duse de curent. Trebuie sa tii capul sus daca vrei sa inoti bine.”
― Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu, Dracula in Carpati

“The children who played the Scorpion game in daycare knew the point. Before the beach, Andrei walked past a group of little boys and girls through the front window. He spectated their game. The kids were placed within a circle marked on the ground as a boundary. One blindfolded child played the Scorpion. And then the Scorpion violently tagged each student they found, eliminating the group one by one. The game would eventually end. The Scorpion would eat everyone. Andrei watched the children choose their mortal dance and run carefully in all directions. Then the circle of watchers applauded the child who won— that was, the timid, clever boy who had laid down patiently on the floor, away from the Scorpion, as still as a manhole cover. The unseen kid held his breath in the name of survival for the duration of the game. Though there was one player who moved unlike the rest. Bless that spirit who dared to dance teasingly in front of the Scorpion, inspect the circle to learn its space, had fleeting looks of love with other bugs, and was the only one to know what it felt like to belt their endangered voice in a loud, delightful cry toward the heavens.

The dancing crier was killed. But the shy, certain statue of a boy died twice.”
― Karl Kristian Flores, A Happy Ghost

“Successful leaders react quickly and with purpose. When challenges arise, they are thrilled for the opportunity to act.”
― Charles D. McCarrick, Lessons My Brothers Taught Me: How to Transform Your Personal Qualities Into A Successful Business

“We are returning to the old subject; and this was to be a business talk. It is quite useless, I assure you, to tell me I might have done all sorts of things. I shall never do them now. But I may be able to help you in thinking out your plan. What is it?”
“You begin by telling me that it is useless for me to suggest anything, and then ask what I want to suggest. My plan requires your help in action, not only in thinking out.”
― E L Voynich