Quotes about Action

The matter is quite simple. The bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very well that the minute we understand, we are obliged to act accordingly. Take any words in the New Testament and forget everything except pledging yourself to act accordingly. My God, you will say, if I do that my whole life will be ruined. How would I ever get on in the world?

When you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance.

Faith is kept alive in us, and gathers strength, more from practice than from speculations.

We pray to you, O God ... for strength, determination, and willpower, to do instead of just to pray, to become instead of merely to wish.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them.

We've got to stop crying and start sweating, stop talking and start walking, stop cursing and start praying. The strength we need will not come from the White House, but from every house in America.

All laws and philosophy merely tell us what should be done, but they do not provide the strength to do it.

The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.

If Moses had operated through committees the Israelites never would have got across the Red Sea.

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.

So often the difference between success and failure is belief. Belief leads to action and execution.

Your success in your career will be in direct proportion to what you do after you've done what you are expected to do.