Quotes about Action

Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?

The opportunity of a lifetime needs to be seized during the lifetime of the opportunity.

What could you do to make a difference in the world?

Sometimes I liken the comedian's lifestyle a little bit to a firefighter's in the sense that there's a lot of waiting and a lot of nothingness. And then there are moments of urgent firefighting.

It is not enough for us to restrain from doing evil, unless we shall also do good.

We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us thru that darkness to a safe and sane future.

Prayer is good: but when used as a substitute for obedience, it is naught but a blatant hypocrisy, a despicable Pharisaism.

Our priority is to go after ISIL. And so what we have said is that we are not engaging in a military action against the Syrian regime. We are going after ISIL facilities and personnel who are using Syria as a safe haven, in service of our strategy in Iraq.

Until you actually start making something, your brilliant idea is just that, an idea.

Good works are the seals and proofs of faith; for even as a letter must have a seal to strengthen the same, even so faith must have good works.

O, when it comes to faith, what a living, creative, active, powerful thing it is. It cannot do other than good at all times. It never waits to ask whether there is some good work to do.

The how thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile ifs but goes right to work on the creative how.