Quotes about Action
Never wound a snake; kill it.
— Harriet Tubman
Thought is more than a right - it is the very breath of man. Whoever fetters thought attacks man himself. To speak, to write, to publish, are things, so far as the right is concerned, absolutely identical. They are the ever-enlarging circles of intelligence in action; they are the sonorous waves of thought.
— Victor Hugo
An idea is a curious thing. It will not work unless you do.
— Hannah Whitall Smith
Money has power. And so withholding money has power too, especially when a bunch of people do it together.
— Shane Claiborne
Perfect is boring and dreams are not real. Just... do. So you think, "I wish I could travel." Great. Sell your crappy car, buy a ticket to Bangkok, and go. Right now. I'm serious.
— Shonda Rhimes
The longer you delay, the more your sin gets strength and rooting. If you cannot bend a twig, how will you be able to bend it when it is a tree?
— Richard Baxter
Only the believer obeys — obedience follows faith, the way good fruit comes from a good tree. Only the obedient believe.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
When asked what he would do if he knew the world would end tomorrow, Martin Luther said, "I would plant a tree."
— Martin Luther
Four things to learn in life: To think clearly without hurry or confusion; To love everybody sincerely; To act in everything with the highest motives; To trust God unhesitatingly.
— Helen Keller
Having the courage to take the steps we always wanted to take is the only way of showing that we trust in God.
— Paulo Coelho
We must trust as if it all depended on God and work as if it all depended on us
— Charles Spurgeon
Trust God, and do the next thing.
— Oswald Chambers