Quotes about Action

Breaking the cycle of ungrace means taking the initiative.

Breaking the cycle of ungrace means taking the initiative. Instead of waiting for his neighbor to make the first move

I have one life and one chance to make it count for something . . . I'm free to choose what that something is, and the something I've chosen is my faith. Now, my faith goes beyond theology and religion and requires considerable work and effort. My faith demands -- this is not optional -- my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference." — President Jimmy Carter

Elisabeth Elliot, has said, "One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was, 'Do the next thing.'" Instead of getting all hung up on looking for the grand scope of God's will for your life, just do what He's called you to do right now. That's all that really matters. Now.

Don't do nothing, just because you can't do everything. pg. 144

Ask the Lord to break your heart for what breaks His, and then ask Him to stir in you a sense of active compassion that makes you too uncomfortable to sit by and do nothing.

The difference is one of motivation: legalism is self-centered; discipline is God-centered. The legalistic heart says, "I will do this thing to gain merit with God." The disciplined heart says, "I will do this thing because I love God and want to please Him.

John Bunyan once said: "You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed.

We measure morality by what happens. Not what is intended.

Like Whitney Houston, we believe the children are the future. But adults are in charge of the present, and we should start acting like it.

The Torah and Judaism are behaviorist in their approach to life. How we behave is ultimately more important than how we think or feel. This is one of the greatest differences between the Torah and the contemporary mind, which attaches far more importance to how people feel.

If doing the bad thing never brought benefits, no one would ever do