Quotes about Action
It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist.
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
If you can't move a mountain by faith, move it by carrying away stone by stone.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Breaking down a closed door is quicker than waiting for someone to answer it.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
If we keep on 'making statements' and not really doing the work, we are going to be in trouble.
— Tarana Burke
God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Logotherapy sees the human patient in all his humanness. I step up to the core of the patient's being. And that is a being in search of meaning, a being that is transcending himself, a being capable of acting in love for others.
— Viktor E. Frankl
Do what you can to do what you ought, and leave hoping and fearing alone.
— Thomas Henry Huxley
So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.
— Thomas Jefferson
Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
— Thomas Jefferson
Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
— Thomas Paine
Work will win when wishy washy wishing won t.
— Thomas Monson
Obedience without knowledge is blind, and knowledge without obedience is lame.
— Thomas Watson