Quotes about Action

Everything begins with a thought.

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

Shakespeare said, "He is not worthy of the honeycomb that shuns the hive because the bees have stings." Don't let your fear keep you from taking small steps in your development. You never know where they might lead.

Perhaps we have become too analytical to take decisive action. We may be spending too much time studying our problems and not enough time solving them.

To put significance in our stories, we must also take action. Being passive may feel safe. If you do nothing, nothing can go wrong. But while inaction cannot fail, it cannot succeed either. We can wait, and hope, and wish, but if we do, we miss the stories our lives could be.

Once you find that idea, start moving forward and act decisively. U.S. admiral William Halsey observed, "All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them, but confront them. Touch a thistle timidly, and it pricks you; grasp it boldly, and its spines crumble.

Vision isn't enough—it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps; we must step up the stairs.

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

All great change in America begins at the dinner table.

You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.

The rule for us all is perfectly simple. Do not waste time bothering whether you love your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.