Quotes about Action

Busy hands achieve more than idle tongues.

Dream while others are sleeping. Dare while others are wishing. Do while others are talking. Deliver while others are quitting.

The most likely man to go to hell is the man who has nothing to do on earth. Idle people tempt the devil to tempt them.

You don't scale a mountain with your mouth, but with your feet.

You cannot build an empire hands folded.

I think a lot of people, even Christians, are willing to be satisfied with gaining lots and lots of biblical knowledge - and many people go to Bible studies and don't realize it isn't enough to know what's right, it's applying the information and the knowledge that you have.

If you have a dream, you can spend a lifetime studying, planning, and getting ready for it. What you should be doing is getting started.

The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps — we must step up the stairs.

The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.

Worry is like a rocking chair. It will give you something to do, but it won't get you anywhere.

One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor. To contemplate is to toil, to think is to do. The crossed arms work, the clasped hands act. The eyes upturned to Heaven are an act of creation.

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic act is also decent, and causes the place and the bystanders to shine.