Quotes about Action

the sense of being which in calm hours arises, we know not how, in the soul, is not diverse from things, from space, from light, from time, from man, but one with them and proceeds obviously from the same source.... Here is the fountain of action and of thought.... We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

The law of nature is: Do the thing, and you shall have the power, but they who do not the thing have not the power.

What we fear of doing most is usually what we most need to do.

Thought is the bud, language the blossom and action the fruit behind it.

May you always do what you are afraid to do.

You can never do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

The skill to do comes of doing.

We are taught by great actions that the universe is the property of every individual in it. Every rational creature has all nature for his dowry and estate. It is his, if he will. He may divest himself of it; he may creep into a corner, and abdicate his kingdom, as most men do, but he is entitled to the world by his constitution.

I shall pass this way but once; any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.

What you are afraid to do is a clear indication of what you need to do

Tis not important how the hero does this or this, but what he is. What he is will appear in every gesture and syllable. In this way the moment and the character are one.

for the hand can never execute any thing higher than the character can inspire.