Quotes about Action

In the morning he asked himself, "What good shall I do today?" In the evening he asked, "What good have I done today?

Nothing is easier than saying words. Nothing is harder than living them, day after day. What you promise today must be renewed and redecided tomorrow and each day that stretches out before you.

If you want to live a life that matters, don't start when you get good; start now so you become good.

Understanding changes minds. Action changes lives.

Good ideas must be shared, improved upon with the help of other good thinkers, and then they must be implemented and acted upon.

Making a difference isn't a matter of if; it's a matter of how and when.

While trying is filled with good intentions, doing is the result of intentional living.

Real leaders have something to give, and they give it freely. Anthony DeMello saw a starving child shivering in the cold. Angrily he lifted his eyes to heaven and said, "God, how could you allow such suffering? Why don't you do something?" There was a long silence and then DeMello was startled when he heard the voice of God answer him, "I certainly have done something—I made you.

The more you do to go beyond words, the greater the chance you will connect with people.

Sometimes we get to see the miracle. Others times we get to be the miracle.

You can lead your horse to water, but you can't manage him to drink.

I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.