Action Quotes

"Happiness, in truth, may not be the fruit plucked by my action yet without action all fruit will die on the vine. I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. Ch. 16 : The Scroll Marked IX, p. 95."

"Action always beats inaction."

"Live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now."

"I like criticism. It makes you strong. It forces you to take action and prove people wrong."

"You yourself must strive. The Buddhas only point the way."

"Doing is the only way to get things done."

"I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk. They are the models of excellence the rest of the world marvels about. Join this unique team of people known as the few who do versus the many who wish — result-oriented people who produce their life exactly as they desire it. p. 413"

"I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my Definite Purpose in life, therefore, I demand of myself persistent, continuous action toward its attainment, and I here and now promise to render such action. p. 54"

"If you want to be a writer, you must write. If you want to be a runner, you must run."

"You don't need more time, you just need to decide."

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles... The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena."

"Then what should we work for? Only this: proper understanding; unselfish action; truthful speech. A resolve to accept whatever happens as necessary and familiar, flowing like water from that same source and spring. (Hays translation) IV, 33"

"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."

"A leader's job is to be a clear thinker and a decisive actor."

"One of the great movements in my lifetime among educated people is the need to commit themselves to action. Most people are not satisfied with giving money; we also feel we need to work. That is why there is an enormous surge in the number of unpaid staff, volunteers. The needs are not going to go away. Business is not going to take up the slack, and government cannot. "New Priorities" Dancing Toward The Future, Context Institute, (1992)"

"I think my acceleration is very good. That's the key for me."

"All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness."

"The characteristic of a loser is to bemoan, in general terms, mankind's flaws, biases, or lack of common sense, without exploiting them."

"A leader must be humble but not passive."

"You have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to do anything great."

"How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live. August 19, 1851"

"Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!"

"One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes."

"The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions."

"You must develop the discipline to do what needs to be done when you don't feel like doing it."

"I will act now. For now is all I have. Tomorrow is the day reserved for the labor of the lazy. I am not lazy. Tomorrow is the day when the evil become good. I am not evil. Tomorrow is the day when the weak become strong. I am not weak. Tomorrow is the day when the failure will succeed. I am not a failure. I will act now. Ch. 16 : The Scroll Marked IX, p. 96."

"You can only learn so much by reading. You cannot learn to ride a bicycle by reading a book."

"It is not for us to question what life means, but rather to recognize that life is constantly questioning us, and we must answer through our actions."

"Every day is a new opportunity to be better than you were yesterday. Don't waste the chance to act."

"Arise! Watch! Do not be neglectful! Follow the law of virtue! The virtuous rest in bliss in this world and in the next."

"Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not an apprentice person on the way to someplace else."

"Most often, the reason something is "on your mind" is that you want it to be different than it currently is, and yet:• you haven't clarified exactly what the intended outcomes is;• you haven't decided what the very next physical action step is;• and/or you haven't put reminders of the outcome and the action required in a system you trust.That's why it's on your mind. Ch. 1"

"You are now at a crossroads. Forget your past. Who are you now? Who have you decided you really are now? Don't think about who you have been. Who are you now? Who have you decided to become? Make this decision consciously. Make it carefully. Make it powerfully. Then act upon it. Giant Steps : Small Changes to Make a Big Difference : Daily Lessons in Self-mastery (1994), p. 341"