Action
With me, it has always been a maxim rather to let my designs appear from my works than by my expressions George Washington
After all is said and done, more is said than done anonymous
I like things to happen; and if they don't happen, I like to make them happen Winston Churchill
All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action James Russell Lowell
If a picture is worth a thousand words, one act is worth a thousand pictures Tom Warson
The actions of men [are] the best interpreters of their thoughts John Locke
It was only after the first Hebrew jumped into the water that the Red Sea parted anonymous
Let every action aim solely at the common good Marcus Aurelius
Never confuse movement with action Ernest Hemingway
The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions Confucius
'Tis good always to be doing something John Clarke
To act is to affirm the worth of an end Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
We do as we are; we become as we do saying
We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions Isaac Bashevis Singer
We talk on principle, but we act on interest Walter Savage Landor
By inwardness alone we do not come close to God. The purest intentions, the finest sense of devotion, the noblest spiritual aspirations are fatuous when not realized in action. Abraham Joshua Heschel
The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation...The hand is the cutting edge of the mind Jacob Bronowski
Thought is sad without action, and action is sad without thought Henri Amiel
Speech is a kind of action Socrates
I have always had a horror of words that are not translated into deeds, of speech that does not result in action - in other words, I believe in realizable ideals and in realizing them, in preaching what can be practiced and then in practicing it Theodore Roosevelt
Saying and doing are two things John Heywood
Speak little, do much Benjamin Franklin
Some things are easier said than done Plautus
Speech is the shadow of action Democritus
The only speech will at last be Action such as Confucius describes the Speech of God Ralph Waldo Emerson
The test of real and vigorous thinking, the thinking which ascertains truths instead of dreaming dreams, is successful application to practice John Stuart Mill
We are born to act Montaigne
No sooner said than done, so acts your man of worth Ennius
All mankind is divided into three classes - the immovable, the movable, and those who move Arab saying
Idea and execution are not often entrusted to the same head Ralph Waldo Emerson
Action is basically a reaction against loss of balance - a flailing of the arms to regain one's balance. To dispose a soul to action we must upset its equilibrium. Eric Hoffer
Moral action is the meeting-place between the human and divine Leon Roth
No being can be what he is unless he is putting his essence into action in his field Arnold J. Toynbee
Not retreat from the world, but engagement, commitment. If ultimately the aim of spirit is to gain power over matter, then it must face the responsibility of action, and not spend its time complaining that the world is out of joint. Colin Wilson
Reward of an act is to have done it Ralph Waldo Emerson
The end of Man is an Action, and not a Thought, though it were the noblest Thomas Carlyle
Actions will be judged according to intentions Muhammad
Action on the move creates its own route, creates to a very great extent the conditions under which it is to be fulfilled, and thus baffles all calculation Henri Bergson
Drastic action may be costly, but it can be less expensive than continuing inaction Richard E. Neustadt
Action and becoming are one Meister Eckhart
For us is the life of action, of strenuous performance of duty; let us live in the harness, striving mightily; let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out Theodore Roosevelt
He who sees the inaction that is in action, and the action that is in inaction, is wise indeed Bhagavad Gita
Every act alters the soul of the doer Oswald Spengler
An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction Booker T. Washington
Act quickly, think slowly Greek saying
Get action, do things; be sane; don't fritter away your time; create, act, take a place wherever you are and be somebody: get action Theodore Roosevelt
Both action and inaction may find room in thee The Book of the Golden Precepts
The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not George Bernard Shaw
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action William James
At the day of judgement we shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done Thomas à Kempis
Me thinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow Henry David Thoreau
If a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it. Howe
Well done is better than well said Benjamin Franklin
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do Walter Bagehot
Talk does not cook rice Chinese proverb
Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen Peter Marshall