Quotes about Action

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.

Once you've engaged with an organization or a relationship or a community, you owe it to your team to start. To initiate. To be the one who makes something happen. To do less is to steal from them. If you hide your spark, bury your ideas, keep your questions and notions from the team, you have hurt them as badly as if you had stolen a laptop and fenced it on eBay.

the best time to start was last year. The second best time to start is right now.

Are you one of those people? One of the people with too many good ideas? The folks who have notebooks filled with notions, or daydreams filled with the future? You've certainly met these people. They're too busy taking notes to get anything done, too busy inventing to actually instigate. To stop this process, one needs to do only two things: Start. And then . . . Ship. Can't

Those who fear risk also begin to fear movement of any kind.