Quotes about Action
There is plenty of courage among us for the abstract, but not for the concrete.
— Helen Keller
Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while one is working.
— Henri Matisse
Until democracy in effective enthusiastic action fills the vacuum created by the power of modern inventions, we may expect the fascists to increase in power after the war both in the United States and in the world.
— Henry A. Wallace
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
— Henry David Thoreau
Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
— Henry David Thoreau
Whatever you have, you must either use or lose
— Henry Ford
Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain
— Henry Ford
The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it.
— Henry Ford
The way to learn to do things is to do things. The way to learn a trade is to work at it. Success teaches how to succeed. Begin with the determination to succeed, and the work is half done already.
— Henry Ford
Faith without action is delusion. Faith does not wait for miracles but produces them. If you think you can or if you think you can't, you are right.
— Henry Ford
We get some of our best results by letting fools Rush in where angels dear to tread
— Henry Ford
Be not bound by the present, but leave nothing to luck.
— Henry Ford