Quotes about Action

It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

Missionary zeal does not grow out of intellectual beliefs, nor out of theological arguments, but out of love. If I do not love a person I am not moved to help him by proofs that he is in need; if I do love him, I wait for no proof of a special need to urge me to help him.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Gone must be the days of only pointing fingers at others to fix what they may never fix. Our nation's ills are not merely the result of corruption or racism, although these are evil. Our troubles can also be traced directly to ineffective Christians.

Consider this point. It is a main point of true wisdom. Whenever there is an execution of purpose, there must be an agent.

Justice is truth in action.

Faith is not accepting the world as it is but insisting on building the world God wants.

Most people would not want to live where there are no churches but many people live as though there were no churches.

If a fellow wants to be nobody in the business world, let him neglect sending the mailman to somebody on his behalf.

If you want somethin', go get it. Period.

When you scratch the surface, every one of us has something that we deeply want to contribute to the world. All we have to do is step up and do it.

He who is bent on doing evil can never want occasion.