Action Quotes

Why does anybody do anything? Mimi asked impatiently. Most of the time we don't know--any of us.

~ Madeleine L'engle

No cause occurs without effect, and no effect occurs without cause. No unjust action goes without penalty, and no action or thought flows unnoticed throughout the universe.

~ Suzy Kassem

I became utterly addicted to her and the escape from reality we provided each other. Throughout the years, she had boyfriends and I had girlfriends, but there wasn't a single night that I didn’t hear her voice.

~ Aly Martinez

Thrills are much more about anticipation than action. An unfired bullet is more dangerous than one that has already met its target.

~ Ashwin Sanghi

Your achievements and success are dependent on a well thought through plan of action.

~ Sunday Adelaja

God rewards a person not for the deeds he does openly, but according to the thoughts and actions he has in secret.

~ Sunday Adelaja

We are gathered here to send our gratitude to Pinnacle Officer Wilcoxand FERTS, for our daily provision and protection from those who would seek to strike against our Vassals, our Fighters and our Internees.

~ Grace Hudson

I’ve learned, Agent Sanders, most warriors feel the same way after they’ve come back from the battles where men in expensive suits and leather chairs send them. We keep asking and asking you to do the impossible and even when you succeed it seems the world doesn’t change all that much. Don’t let that diminish your sacrifice, and that of your family waiting at home. Your country is proud of you.

~ C.j. Hatch

Before you rush ahead and start implementing God’s plans, you must have a coherent plan ofaction.

~ Sunday Adelaja

Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient. To act is easy, to think is hard; to act according to our thought is troublesome.

~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

How I’d managed to sit still for the majority of the conversation and be controlled, without ripping my knickers off, throwing them over my head and swinging my bra around my fingers in a come and get me gesture, I had no idea.

~ Kristy Berridge

Do not fear criticism, accept it as an inspiration for boldness and action

~ Debasish Mridha

Don't stare out the window, run through the fields.

~ Marty Rubin

Mainfest your fate on a daily basis though intention in the non-physical world and action in the physical world.

~ Russell Eric Dobda

When you read a book put all of your effort into staying present and focus your energy towards the comprehension of each and every word and how you can apply it into your daily life.

~ Matthew Donnelly

Come on, shake off the covers of this sloth, for sitting softly cushioned, or tucked in bed, is no way to win fame.

~ Dante Alighieri

We don't want to hear it, but one of the biggest secrets to success is the ability to take action.

~ Daniel Vlcek

We are all sorry for something. It's what makes us human, says Seda. But sometimes empathy is not enough. Sometimes empathy needs to be followed by action.

~ Aline Ohanesian

Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.(Pluck the day [for it is ripe], trusting as little as possible in tomorrow.)

~ Horace

The word grows mad on the fermentOf angry actions, the authorities can only inflictVisible punishments. Now regard with the unpracticedInner eye the unseen presence of Judgement thenYou will understand the nature of your soul's torment

~ Jalaluddin Rumi

On the plains of hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions who, at the dawn of decision, sat down to wait, and waiting died

~ George W. Cecil

Ever notice demon in the word pandemonium?

~ J.c. Mckenzie

Sir Arthur stopped at the bottom of the hill and awaited the charging rider. The horseman halted in front of Sir Arthur and mud flew in all directions.“Who are you?” demanded Sir Arthur. He stared into the masked face and turbaned head of an assassin.Rufus's heart stopped. A gasp escaped his frozen lips and his legs wobbled.Sir Arthur asked again, “Who are you?”The man dismounted and drew from his golden sash a long scimitar. He approached Sir Arthur. The knight lifted his sword and the duel began.

~ Justus A. Platt

Men believe that they are accomplishing something by speaking speak in a different way from men who believe that speaking is a waste of time. Bobby Shaftoe learned most of his practical knowledge – how to fix a car, butcher a deer, throw a spiral, talk to a lady, kill a Nip – from the latter type of man. For them, trying to do anything by talking is like trying to pound in a nail with a screwdriver. Sometimes you can see the desperation spread over such a man’s face as he listens to himself speak.

~ Neal Stephenson

When we make a habit of acting on the interests arising out of our authentic passions, our enthusiasm can open doors before we even realize the potential that lies beyond them.

~ Marian Deegan

Actions become very effective when they meet the habit of consistency.

~ Hafiz

Thinking always deceives us when it becomes a substitute for action.

~ Marty Rubin

Consistency with the right strategic plan is the ultimate key to success. Yesterday's action would never make up for today's procrastination.

~ Hafiz

Many men know the recipes of life, but only few go into the kitchen to cook it. Go make it happen!

~ Bernard Kelvin Clive

It is important to have a dream, but a dream is absolutely nothing until you start to consistently give life to it through strategic actions.

~ Hafiz

There is no 'secret' to success.There is a BEHAVIOR to success.Decide what you want and act accordingly.Dream. Plan. Execute.

~ Steve Maraboli

Habits of action cultivated early in life lay the foundation for unique skill sets able to carve a path beyond the mundane and into the relevant.

~ Marian Deegan

It is well said, then, that it is by doing just acts that the just man is produced, and by doing temperate acts the temperate man; without doing these no one would have even a prospect of becoming good.

~ Aristotle

Principle comes first, action thereafter.

~ Todd Stocker

Ask no guarantees, ask for no security, there never was such an animal.And if there were, it would be related to the great sloth which hangs upside down in a tree all day, every day, sleeping its life away.

~ Ray Bradbury

Partnership means she is of equal rank to you, Raven', Obiakor continued...'Don't play games with her.

~ A. Ashley Straker

There had never been a Class A1 event, it had always been a purely theoretical designation. Until now.

~ A. Ashley Straker

The attack came without warning, in the pre-dawn stillness on the day they were due to leave. A series of solid concussions shook the walls and sent Simon scrambling from his bunk. Max thrust a handgun at him, which he immediately fumbled and dropped.

~ A. Ashley Straker

Action w/o orchestration is burn out, orchestration w/o action is management, action with orchestration is leadership.

~ Orrin Woodward

Are you a house-wife, Mrs Silvers?' he asked. 'What would you recommend for getting burger relish out of a white shirt?'The seething woman cranked the venom-level of her gaze up to eleven, and Raven smiled pleasantly back.

~ A. Ashley Straker