Quotes about Action

My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.

The thoughts that linger are the "If only" questions, like Who could I have become if I had finally done the things I always wanted to do? The gift of deciding to face your mortality without turning away or flinching is the gift of recognizing that because you WILL die, you must live NOW. Whether you flounder or flourish is always in your hands. You are the single biggest influence in your life. Your journey begins with the choice to get up, step out, and live. Fully.

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

I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do - the day after.

The basis of action is lack of imagination. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

Act with kindness but do not expect gratitude.

There are those who act without knowing; I will have none of this. To hear a lot, choose the good, and follow it, to see a lot and learn to recognize it: this is next knowledge.

Worthy admonitions cannot fail to inspire us, but what matters is changing ourselves. Reverent advice cannot fail to encourage us, but what matters is acting on it. Encouraged without acting, inspired without changing — there's nothing to be done for such people.

I think people regret what they didnt do more than what they did. I think everbody has things they failed to do. You cant see what is coming, Bobby. And if you could it is no guarantee you'd make the right choice even then. I believe in God's design.

Men imagine that the choices before them are theirs to make. But we are free to act only upon what is given. Choice is lost in the maze of generations and each act in that maze is itself an enslavement for it voids every alternative and binds one ever more tightly into the constraints that make a life

Being in the wrong place never helps you do the right thing

Belief overflows to behavior. First we need to change what we believe. when we truly change what we believe, we'll gladly change how we behave.