Quotes about Action
The time is always right to do right
— Nelson Mandela
A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.
— CS Lewis
Yesterday is gone forever. Make the most of today and tomorrow if you wish to make up for lost time.
— Napoleon Hill
To use a telling phrase of the Reverend Martin Luther King, we can say that we have defaulted on a promissory note and now is the time to honor it.
— Pope Francis
Waiting for the Lord in a season of darkness should not be a time of inactivity. We should do what we can do. And doing is often God's appointed remedy for despair.
— John Piper
If you don't make a decision then time will make it for you and time will always side against you!
— Billy Graham
How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment, we can start now, start slowly changing the world! How lovely that everyone, great and small, can make their contribution toward introducing justice straightaway... And you can always, always give something, even if it is only kindness!
— Anne Frank
What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does is thrown back at all Jews.
— Anne Frank
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.
— Anne Frank
You can tell if people are following Jesus, because they are feeding the poor, sharing their wealth, and trying to get everyone medical insurance.
— Anne Lamott
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.
— Anne Lamott
If you want to feel loving, I coached myself, do something loving. This is basic soul care.
— Anne Lamott