Quotes about Action

The road to hell is paved with good intentions

We want them to see their home planet, Mrs. Whatsit said. The Medium lost the delighted smile she had worn till then. Oh, why must you make me look at unpleasant things when there are so many delightful ones to see? Again Mrs. Which's voice reverberated through the cave. There will no longer be so many pleasant things to look at if responsible people do not do something about the unpleasant ones.

Love isn't what you feel. It's what you do.

All that is required for the triumph of evil is that good men remain silent and do nothing.

I can't do it for love of God, like Tom Tallis, or for heaven's sake, as Mr. Frost said. But because I love people I have to act according to it—to the fact that I love them.

When I get this feeling, this compulsion, I always do what it tells me. I can't explain where it comes from or how I get it, and it doesn't happen very often. But I obey

We do wrong, with all the best will in the world. And sometimes we do right without even knowing it.

Theron thought he could solve problems by brushing them aside as though they didn't exist. But they do exist, they still exist, and unless responsible people do something about them, our land is in for fresh disaster, brother against brother, black against white.

Love isn't how you feel. It's what you do.

You're not responsible for how you feel. You're responsible for what you do

There will no longer be so many pleasant things to look at if responsible people do not do something about the unpleasant ones

You're going to have to do something about yourself. Nobody can do it tor you.