Quotes about Action

Understanding changes minds. Action changes lives.

Good ideas must be shared, improved upon with the help of other good thinkers, and then they must be implemented and acted upon.

Making a difference isn't a matter of if; it's a matter of how and when.

While trying is filled with good intentions, doing is the result of intentional living.

Real leaders have something to give, and they give it freely. Anthony DeMello saw a starving child shivering in the cold. Angrily he lifted his eyes to heaven and said, "God, how could you allow such suffering? Why don't you do something?" There was a long silence and then DeMello was startled when he heard the voice of God answer him, "I certainly have done something—I made you.

The more you do to go beyond words, the greater the chance you will connect with people.

Sometimes we get to see the miracle. Others times we get to be the miracle.

You can lead your horse to water, but you can't manage him to drink.

I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.

to act on what you learn is all that really matters.

Tomorrow's opportunity is determined by yesterday's responsibility.

Leadership is more than management. Leadership is: People more than projects. Movement more than maintenance. Art more than science. Intuition more than formula. Vision more than procedure. Risk more than caution. Action more than reaction. Relationships more than rules. Who you are more than what you do If you want to influence others, then you must learn to lead.