Quotes about Action

Like train announcers, they know all the stations, but never travel. Head knowledge is worthless, unless accompanied by submission of the will and right action.

We lose our souls not only by the evil we do but also by the good we leave undone.

God insists on 'Today.

Christ does not come off with the chasuble, nor is our ordination folded in a pocket as easily as a stole. Unbelievers do not see us in vestments; they see us in shops, in theatres, at meetings. Whether they see Christ in us depends on whether we act like Christ.

The greatest inhumanity that can be ascribed to men is having an opportunity for doing good to others and doing nothing. The serious sin is not always one of commission, but omission.

If you do not live what you believe, you will end up believing what you live.

Whosoever wisely examines the works of God will speedily discover what is next to be done.

I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.