Quotes for Action

He who begins many things finishes but few

German Proverb

If you ain’t making waves, you ain’t kickin’ hard enough

Unknown

Do not wait to strike until the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

William B. Sprague

The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer not a dreamer.

Nolan Bushnell

It’s easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission

Grace Hopper

The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.

Richard Evans

True faith is focused in and on the Lord Jesus Christ and always leads to action.

David A. Bednar

The best way to predict your future is to create it.

Abraham Lincoln

What you fear is that which requires action to overcome.

Byron Pulsifer

Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.

Bradley Whitford

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.

Benjamin Jowett

Even scientific knowledge, if there is anything to it, is not a random observation of random objects; for the critical objectivity of significant knowledge is attained as a practice only philosophically in inner action.

Karl Jaspers

A commitment to human rights cannot be fostered simply through the transmission of knowledge. Action and experience play a crucial role in the learning process.

Daisaku Ikeda

In talking with affirmative-action administrators and with blacks and whites in general, I found that supporters of affirmative action focus on its good intentions and detractors emphasize its negative effects. It was virtually impossible to find people outside either camp.

Shelby Steele

Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.

Japanese Proverb

Well done is better than well said.

Benjamin Franklin

Don't wait. The time will never be just right.

Napoleon Hill

An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.

Lao Tzu

Empathy is the starting point for creating a community and taking action. It's the impetus for creating change.

Max Carver