Quotes about Action

If young people wished, they have it in their hands to make a bigger, more beautiful and better world, but that they occupy themselves with superficial things, without giving a thought to real beauty.

You can tell if people are following Jesus, because they are feeding the poor, sharing their wealth, and trying to get everyone medical insurance.

The great Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore wrote, "I slept and dreamt that life was joy. / I awoke and saw that life was service. / I acted and behold, service was joy.

If you want to feel loving, I coached myself, do something loving. This is basic soul care.

Every time we choose the good action or response, the decent, the valuable, it builds, incrementally, to renewal, resurrection, the place of newness, freedom, justice.

Today, not starting is far, far worse than being wrong. If you start, you've got a shot at evolving and adjusting to turn your wrong into a right. But if you don't start, you never get a chance.

The easiest thing is to react. The second easiest thing is to respond. But the hardest thing is to initiate.

People have come to the erroneous conclusion that if they're not willing to start something separate, world-changing, and risky, they have no business starting anything. Somehow, we've fooled ourselves into believing that the project has to have a name, a building, and a stock ticker symbol to matter.

The only choice we have is to begin. And the only place to begin is where we are. Simply begin. But begin.

The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there.

The challenge is to focus on the work, not on the fear that comes from doing the work.

Its never too late ...to start heading in the right direction.