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Action, like a sacrament, is the visible form of an invisible spirit, an outward manifestation of an inward power.
— bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions
Our audacity must be rooted in our humility.
— Pushkar Ganesh Vaidya
Images change everything, so think in images... This images one moment becom action!
— Deyth Banger
The two Weres circle each other, a bench between them. Suddenly, Cody lurched at Diego, grabbing him by the shirt, spinning him and slamming him into the wall causing bricks from the building to fall.
— Kris Owens-Norris, Night Classes
Say whatever, plan whatever (I really don't care), but the action and the result is the important the other is theory.
— Deyth Banger
Wisdom is knowing what to do next. Virtue is doing it.
— David Starr Jordan
You have merories?Lost somebody, which will mean he has died or something is going and you can't stop it the time eats so he dies...You lost a lot of choices??Did you...As far as I can tell, I think that I'm rich. I have one treasure and that's it, it's fill with such stuff.
— Deyth Banger
There is no reward for wishes.
— Chinedum Azuh
But that's the wonderful thing about man; he never gets so discouraged or disgusted that he gives up doing it all over again, because he knows very well it is important and worth the doing.
— Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
Congratulations, he said. "That was the stupidest thing I've ever seen." His expression was a mix of awe and disbelief. "Ever.
— Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
Believe is the first step of faith.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
It is incumbent upon us to do what we can, even if we cannot do much.
— David Smail, Power, Interest and Psychology: Elements of a Social Materialist Understanding of Distress
It's better to get busy then to stay bitter.
— Charles F. Glassman, Brain Drain   The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life
Lack of action is the reason why an unwanted situation persists.
— Steven Redhead, Life Is Simply A Game
Comfort without action is only discomfort and dissatisfaction in latent action. It always seems we shall have a good tomorrow until a bad tomorrow comes
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
Today's actions will determine our results of tomorrow,
— Revaz Eristavi
We are the sum of our actions, and of our inactions, yes, that is easy enough to understand. What comes harder is finding ourselves the sum of our emotions, which flicker, altered by experience, by the things we cannot bear to tell ourselves, by the trouble we accrue, the flattening and tamping down as we learn how not to be hurt. As we learn protection and the easiest means of protection.
— Carrie Snyder, Girl Runner
Every thought precedes an action.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
There is really no substitute for a well thought out and perfectly executed plan of action.
— Steven Redhead, Life Is Simply A Game
Don't wait for the perfect thought, or the perfect moment; because perfection only occurs after action.
— Archana Chaurasia Kapoor
The most valuable action to perform when loving someone is to beautifully and silently listen.
— Angie karan
For any business decision, there are only two choices: action or inaction. The best option is to take action." - Ramesh Lohia and Jack T. Parker, consultants, iSixSigmaKaizen . In Quality Quotes, February 25, 2015, Knowledge Center, ASQ [ AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR QUALITY]
— Ramesh Lohia and Jack T. Parker
I never just dreamed of success, I worked for it. Dreaming is good, but working is what gets you results.
— Archana Chaurasia Kapoor
Idealism + Inaction = Depression
— Oli Anderson, Personal Revolutions: A Short Course in Realness
For you, it's gossip. For me, it's action.
— Gail Carriger, Manners & Mutiny
Your Karma is defined by your Actions plus your Intent. A seemingly incorrect action with a pure intent can potentially result in good Karma
— Manoj Arora, Happiness Unlimited: How to be happy always
Our situation is intolerable, but what's worseis to sit here and do nothing.
— Rita Dove, On the Bus With Rosa Parks
The barrier standing between you and the life you are capable of living is a lack of consistent execution. Effective execution will set you free. It is the path to accomplish the things you desire.
— Brian P. Moran, The 12 Week Year
It's not what you know
—  it's not even who you know
A man's action always takes it's result along.
— Bijendra Kumar
We have made our tasks infinitely more difficult because we failed to do yesterday what we are glad to do today. To delay longer will make the war more protracted and increase the sacrifices for victory. Let us stop asking ourselves if it is necessary to do more now. Let us ask ourselves what more we can do today, so we have less to sacrifice tomorrow.
— John Gilbert Winant
Doubt, fear and helplessness will always try to flourish when we are in a holding pattern for too long. The best defense – is to just do something. Anything positive! Something healthy! Get moving! Get busy! Often, this is the only way to calm the inner storm. Even more often, this is the only way the best course of action will finally find us ready to unveil itself to us.
— Connie Kerbs
Any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly armed.
— Nathan Cooper
Time changes things; rather, a person's action over the passage of time changes things.
— Innocent Mwatsikesimbe, Mirror
A threat should never be spoken, your enemy should not be told of your intentions. Either take decisive action or refrain from it, but never threaten
— Soke Behzad Ahmadi
Until you are willing to learn the lessons, pay attention to details, and become patient with yourself, you will keep repeating the same patterns over and over again.
— Kemi Sogunle
Maybe. But I was always fond of killing assholes. And you're at the top of the list.
— Nashoda Rose, Perfect Ruin
To react, is to be A slave to someone else's actions. Sometimes, A warrior is faced with the decision to strike pre-emptively, trusting his intuition, wisdom and years of training
— Soke Behzad Ahmadi
A samurai was essentially a man of action.
— Inazo Nitobe, Bushido, The Soul Of Japan
My whole life, I prepared to come down in order to save the world above.. Now I have to ascend to save the world below..
— Jonathan Friesen, Aquifer
Instead of a feeling, think of love as an action. The feeling of love comes and goes on a whim; you can’t control it. But the action of love is something you can do, regardless of how you are feeling.
— Russ Harris
Arise, slay thy enemies, enjoy a prosperous kingdom,
— Bhagavad Gita
Action disconcerts us, partly because of our physical incompetence, but mainly because it offends our moral sensibility. We consider it immoral to act. It seems to us that every thought is debased when expressed in words, which transform the thought into the property of others, making it understandable to anyone who can understand it.
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
Audiences are craving intricate and intelligent stories that keep them on the edge of their seats.
— Jennifer Arnett, Fiction Writing Tips From Hollywood: How to Write Explosive Fiction by Mimicing Hollywood Blockbusters
Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.
— Peter F. Drucker
Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action.
— W.J. Cameron
Anyone can lecture from the butt, only very few can act.
— Pawan Mishra, Coinman: An Untold Conspiracy
It isn’t always the treasure that drives men down deep into the sea; it’s something else, something unexplainable, even to them.
— Jennifer Arnett, Into Her Chambers
Wisdom that is not acted upon is just philosophy... but when lived as a verb, wisdom will be the foundation of your success.
— Steve Maraboli
A moment comes, and if you wish to look at yourself as human, you must take some kind of action. Otherwise, you can read the newspapers and congratulate yourself on your good fortune.
— Alan Furst, Dark Star
It has taken my whole life thus far to see how being brave enough to hold on to a question, brave enough to never stop looking for answers, and brave enough to take action even when I didn’t know the right answer, was as brave as I needed to be to succeed and to succeed with love.
— Andrea T. Goeglein, Don't Die Waiting to Be Brave
Emotion triggers action, good or otherwise
— Pieter BF Swart
I would like to show that we can become so much more through awareness. That is why I speak of conscious evolution. If we understand ourselves, how we think and react, why we do things... Then we can work out how to think more constructively, act more usefully, do things more easily, become more of the person we really want to be deep down inside.
— Julia Woodman
Turn intentions into actions and actions into results: Manchovian Prince
— Manchovian Prince
Given that media has become fast-paced, readers now want books that show the action and don’t just tell you what is happening. Modern readers don’t want three pages of descriptions of a farmhouse. They want to hear the door’s creak quiet the chirping of crickets out in the cornfield, they want to feel the cool air drift through the house, then they want to see the shadow of a man, gun drawn, standing over the bed of his disloyal lover.
— Jennifer Arnett, Fiction Writing Tips From Hollywood: How to Write Explosive Fiction by Mimicing Hollywood Blockbusters
One thing I've found... the road rarely rises up to meet you until you've begun walking.
— Michele Jennae
No effect occurs without cause, and no cause occurs without effect. No unjust action goes without penalty, and no action or thought flows unnoticed throughout the universe.
— Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
The gun bounced so much in her shaky grasp that if she did fire, he’d likely be the one to catch the bullet.
— Cathy Skendrovich, Prisoner of Love
Don't imprison yourself through self-doubt. Break out of your self-imposed prison with intentional action.
— Tony Curl
It's only when you put action into practice will you ever really unlock the real possibilities that surround you.
— Tony Curl
There is an opportunity cost in every action.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
The action or inaction of any government does not negate the Personal Responsibility of the citizens.
— Sunday Adelaja
It’s not about how you feel. It’s about what you do.
— Susan May Warren, The Wonder of You
A thought is of a much higher value than an action.
— Harshit Walia
Somehow, the road rises up to meet you Patch, when you are ready.
— Michele Jennae, CHARGE! The Patchwork Rhino
What they ask you for is actions, proofs, works, and all you can produce are transformed tears.
— Emil M. Cioran, The New Gods
Change does not surface when you are not ready to be the catalyst. Your reaction matters, not your inaction.
— Michael Bassey Johnson
When you go against the flow of nature and betray the spiritual laws existing within, there will always be a negative reaction.
— Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
Synchronicity occurs at the intersection of your awareness, response, perspective, and action.
— Andrea Goeglein
One can be a pessimist in thought but not in action.
— Marty Rubin
One's action ought to come out of an achieved stillness: not to be a mere rushing on.
— D.H. Lawrence
There are questions that are not meant to be answered with words. Some questions take a lifetime to answer. Take action.
— J.R. Rim
Or that passion to act a part that sometimes makes us do things finer than we are ourselves?
— Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
When the train stopped, when she got off and heard the concrete of the platform under her heels, she felt light, lifted, impelled to action. She started off, walking fast, as if the speed of her steps could give form to the things she felt.
— Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
You never know when one seemingly unrelated event may become the catalyst that sets off a chain of synchronistic events. Though you may not know for sure when something important will happen, you can always be ready to take action.
— Andrea Goeglein
No matter how cold your proverbial winter, you can plant seeds of change in your life by changing your thoughts and actions.
— Andra Brynnoeglein
...were she lying crushed under the ruins of a building, were she torn by the bomb of an air raid, so long as she was still in existence she would know that action is man’s foremost obligation, regardless of anything he feels...
— Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
You may have come to advocacy on your own, it may be part of your job or you may have been asked to “put a face” on a campaign by serving as its spokesperson. You may be acting as a lone crusader or as part of a larger advocacy effort. Either way, you share an objective with all other advocates: to have your story move audiences from apathy to empathy to action.
— John Capecci and Timothy Cage, Living Proof: Telling Your Story to Make a Difference
Self-education is a sacred act.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Politics is action and all action is but a flaw in the perfection of inaction, which is peace, just as all being is but a flaw in the perfection of nonbeing. Which is God. For if God is perfection and the only perfection is in nonbeing, then God is nonbeing. Then God is nothing. Nothing can give no basis for the criticism of Thing in its thingness. Then where do you get anything to say? Then where do you get off?
— Robert Penn Warren, All the King's Men
Where Love meets action, there be God.
— Todd Stocker, Dancing with God: First Year Thoughts on the Loss of My Daughter
Not everyone takes action to harvest the experiences of the seasons of life in order to enjoy their bounty.
— Andrea Goeglein
The deed is nothing. It is the thought that breeds fear
—  and we achieve little by lingering.
Faith and hope mean absolutely nothing where consistent action fails to exist.
Swallowing, he peered down at Noelle, floored by the sheer calm reflecting back at him. "You okay, babe?"	She rolled her eyes. "Of course. What do you think I am, a pansy-ass damsel who weeps at the first sign of trouble?
— Elle Kennedy, Midnight Action
It suddenly occurred to him that for the first time in years, they were about to be alone together for more than five minutes.	Just the two of them. On a small jet. Tens of thousands of feet in the air.	Christ.	Maybe he should've packed a parachute, just in case.
— Elle Kennedy, Midnight Action
The razor hung between his shoulder-blades from a loop of cotton string round his neck inside his shirt. The same motion of the hand which brought the razor forward over his shoulder flipped the blade open and freed it from the cord, the blade opening on until the back edge of it lay across the knuckles of his fist, his thumb pressing the handle into his closing fingers, so that in the second before the half-drawn pistol exploded he actually struck at the white man's throat not with the blade but with a sweeping blow of his fist, following through in the same motion so that not even the first jet of blood touched his hand or arm.
— William Faulkner, Go Down, Moses
The actions of man’s thoughts are similar to the action of a magnet.
— Sunday Adelaja
An action made by a unwitting man, shall not define, nor justify a common though and interpretation.
— Even Engesland
God honors and blesses people of action beyond expectations.
— Sunday Adelaja
You're such a bastard," she sighed.	He chuckled. "Are you really insulting the man who just gave you an orgasm?
— Elle Kennedy, Midnight Action
Prayers without action is activity in futility.
— Sunday Adelaja
I hate phones," he grumbled into her neck. "Seriously, I wanna go back in time and murder Alexander Graham Bell." He sat up with a groan. "Or was it Edison who invented the phone? I can never remember."	She had to laugh. "I'm pretty sure it was Bell.
— Elle Kennedy, Midnight Action
Fruitfulness is impossible without action.
— Sunday Adelaja
True faith always leads to action.
— Sunday Adelaja
It is impossible to get result without action.
— Sunday Adelaja
Why does anybody do anything?" Mimi asked impatiently. "Most of the time we don't know--any of us.
— Madeleine L'Engle
No cause occurs without effect, and no effect occurs without cause. No unjust action goes without penalty, and no action or thought flows unnoticed throughout the universe.
— Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
I became utterly addicted to her and the escape from reality we provided each other. Throughout the years, she had boyfriends and I had girlfriends, but there wasn't a single night that I didn’t hear her voice.
— Aly Martinez
Thrills are much more about anticipation than action. An unfired bullet is more dangerous than one that has already met its target.
— Ashwin Sanghi
Your achievements and success are dependent on a well thought through plan of action.
— Sunday Adelaja
God rewards a person not for the deeds he does openly, but according to the thoughts and actions he has in secret.
— Sunday Adelaja
We are gathered here to send our gratitude to Pinnacle Officer Wilcoxand FERTS, for our daily provision and protection from those who would seek to strike against our Vassals, our Fighters and our Internees.
— Grace Hudson, FERTS
I’ve learned, Agent Sanders, most warriors feel the same way after they’ve come back from the battles where men in expensive suits and leather chairs send them. We keep asking and asking you to do the impossible and even when you succeed it seems the world doesn’t change all that much. Don’t let that diminish your sacrifice, and that of your family waiting at home. Your country is proud of you.
— C.J.  Hatch
Before you rush ahead and start implementing God’s plans, you must have a coherent plan ofaction.
— Sunday Adelaja
Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient. To act is easy, to think is hard; to act according to our thought is troublesome.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
How I’d managed to sit still for the majority of the conversation and be controlled, without ripping my knickers off, throwing them over my head and swinging my bra around my fingers in a come and get me gesture, I had no idea.
— Kristy Berridge, The Hunted
Do not fear criticism, accept it as an inspiration for boldness and action
— Debasish Mridha
Don't stare out the window
—  run through the fields.
Mainfest your fate on a daily basis though intention in the non-physical world and action in the physical world.
— Russell Eric Dobda
When you read a book put all of your effort into staying present and focus your energy towards the comprehension of each and every word and how you can apply it into your daily life.
— Matthew Donnelly
Come on, shake off the covers of this sloth, for sitting softly cushioned, or tucked in bed, is no way to win fame.
— Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy
We don't want to hear it, but one of the biggest "secrets" to success is the ability to take action.
— Daniel Vlcek
We are all sorry for something. It's what makes us human, says Seda. But sometimes empathy is not enough. Sometimes empathy needs to be followed by action.
— Aline Ohanesian, Orhan's Inheritance
Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.(Pluck the day [for it is ripe], trusting as little as possible in tomorrow.)
— Horace, The Odes of Horace
The word grows mad on the fermentOf angry actions, the authorities can only inflictVisible punishments. Now regard with the unpracticedInner eye the unseen presence of Judgement thenYou will understand the nature of your soul's torment
— Jalaluddin Rumi, Words of Paradise: Selected Poems
On the plains of hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions who, at the dawn of decision, sat down to wait, and waiting died
— George W. Cecil
Ever notice "demon" in the word pandemonium?
— J.C. McKenzie, Carpe Demon
Sir Arthur stopped at the bottom of the hill and awaited the charging rider. The horseman halted in front of Sir Arthur and mud flew in all directions.“Who are you?” demanded Sir Arthur. He stared into the masked face and turbaned head of an assassin.Rufus's heart stopped. A gasp escaped his frozen lips and his legs wobbled.Sir Arthur asked again, “Who are you?”The man dismounted and drew from his golden sash a long scimitar. He approached Sir Arthur. The knight lifted his sword and the duel began.
— Justus A. Platt, His Father's Command
Men believe that they are accomplishing something by speaking speak in a different way from men who believe that speaking is a waste of time. Bobby Shaftoe learned most of his practical knowledge – how to fix a car, butcher a deer, throw a spiral, talk to a lady, kill a Nip – from the latter type of man. For them, trying to do anything by talking is like trying to pound in a nail with a screwdriver. Sometimes you can see the desperation spread over such a man’s face as he listens to himself speak.
— Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon
When we make a habit of acting on the interests arising out of our authentic passions, our enthusiasm can open doors before we even realize the potential that lies beyond them.
— Marian Deegan, Relevance: Matter More
Actions become very effective when they meet the habit of consistency.
Thinking always deceives us when it becomes a substitute for action.
— Marty Rubin
Consistency with the right strategic plan is the ultimate key to success. Yesterday's action would never make up for today's procrastination.
The door to success may be a few steps away but you still have to walktowards it.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
God performs miracles, but even for a man to walk on water, action is required.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Many men know the recipes of life, but only few go into the kitchen to cook it. Go make it happen!
— Bernard Kelvin Clive
It is important to have a dream, but a dream is absolutely nothing until you start to consistently give life to it through strategic actions.
There is no 'secret' to success.There is a BEHAVIOR to success.Decide what you want and act accordingly.Dream. Plan. Execute.
— Steve Maraboli
Habits of action cultivated early in life lay the foundation for unique skill sets able to carve a path beyond the mundane and into the relevant.
— Marian Deegan, Relevance: Matter More
It is well said, then, that it is by doing just acts that the just man is produced, and by doing temperate acts the temperate man; without doing these no one would have even a prospect of becoming good.
— Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
Principle comes first
—  action thereafter.
Ask no guarantees, ask for no security, there never was such an animal.And if there were, it would be related to the great sloth which hangs upside down in a tree all day, every day, sleeping its life away.
— Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
Partnership means she is of equal rank to you, Raven', Obiakor continued...'Don't play games with her.
— A. Ashley Straker, Connected Infection
There had never been a Class A1 event
—  it had always been a purely theoretical designation. Until now.
The attack came without warning, in the pre-dawn stillness on the day they were due to leave. A series of solid concussions shook the walls and sent Simon scrambling from his bunk. Max thrust a handgun at him, which he immediately fumbled and dropped.
— A. Ashley Straker, Infected Connection
Action w/o orchestration is burn out
—  orchestration w/o action is management
Are you a house-wife, Mrs Silvers?' he asked. 'What would you recommend for getting burger relish out of a white shirt?'The seething woman cranked the venom-level of her gaze up to eleven, and Raven smiled pleasantly back.
— A. Ashley Straker, Connected Infection
Well, whatever happened here today...' he said, turning back to Popescu and donning his own sunglasses so he could discreetly cast his gaze over her figure,'...it was only the beginning.
— A. Ashley Straker, Connected Infection
Raven briefly pondered the phrase, "staring down the barrel of a gun". It wasn't really that accurate, he decided. After all, it was too dark to see any features down a barrel, only a black circle at the end of it.
— A. Ashley Straker, Connected Infection
Raven scowled at her. 'Fine. But if I accidentally shoot you because my aim is shaky, because I'm too tense, because I wasn't given the chance to relax before going into a potentially very dangerous situation, you'll be happy blaming only yourself?
— A. Ashley Straker, Connected Infection
Every scrape, site, range and page; every game, download, hack, song, movie and virrie on the Web. Everything on your phone. Everything on your 'puta. Even the content directories of your cupboards. Almost every system has been brute-forced; passwords cracked, firewalls breached. Nothing has been left untouched.
— A. Ashley Straker, Connected Infection
He felt like a baked bean in a can, soaring through the air on a downward turn of a parabolic arc...
— A. Ashley Straker, Infected Connection
Think wisely before you exercise an action. Having done so however, never look back and regret. That would be a shame
— Thiruvalluvar, Thirukkural
You are making a difference in Life. Whether or not you realize it, every action, every re-action, or every non-action impacts Life. The question to ask yourself is not whether you are making a difference, but whether that difference is positive or negative.
— Donald L. Hicks, The Divinity Factor
We can act only in our time, among the people who surround us. We shall be capable of nothing until we know whether we have the right to kill our fellow men, or the right to let them be killed. Since all contemporary action leads to murder, direct or indirect, we cannot act until we know whether, and why, we have the right to kill.
— Albert Camus, The Fastidious Assassins
I don't mean to pry, but saving people is my calling. Yours vigilantly, The Masked Avenger
— Craig Silvey
I don't enjoy talking about what I am going to do. I prefer just letting folks just find out what I've done.
— -Nanci McGraw
On GOALSETTING: "I don't enjoy talking about what I am GOING to DO. I prefer to let folks find out what I've DONE.
— Nanci McGraw
Because in life, knowledge is only part of the battle. WITHOUT ACTION, KNOWLEDGE IS OFTEN MEANINGLESS. As Aristotle put it, to be excellent we cannot simply think or feel excellent, we must act excellently. Yet the action required to follow through on what we know is often the hardest part.
— Shawn Achor, The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work
If you want something more in life, you have to become someone who is capable of getting more
— Sivaprakash Sidhu Sivaprakash Gopal sivaprakash sidhu
A saw by itself holds no value, but when coupled with your labor can clear forests.
— Chris Matakas
Without action to back them, your affirmations become the soundtrack of your personal imprisonment; the creed of your stagnancy.
— Steve Maraboli
Don't worry it might never happen. By: Edward J Petraitis Sr.
— T.M. Foster, For The Love Of Sam
Unless you change who you are now, you'll never get what you want. If you change who you are and how you are, then you’ll get what you want.
— Sivaprakash Sidhu Sivaprakash Gopal sivaprakash sidhu
On the TV he found cartoons and movies, music videos and game shows, repeat broadcasts and reruns, but there was nothing current, and no news. Many channels were just blank, or displayed brightly coloured test cards.
— A. Ashley Straker, Infected Connection
But as Max tugged him out the door a different feeling stole over him, something strange, behind the regret, deeper than the mourning. It wasn't until much later that he was able to identify it.Excitment.
— A. Ashley Straker, Infected Connection
Did you consider anything like the Infected?' Simon had asked.'Not quite. But some of our other contingency plans might help us out with this particular mission.
— A. Ashley Straker, Infected Connection
Sure, scars can be painfull to look at, reminding you where you've been, but they also remind you of how far you've come.
— GirlDrawsManga
To lead from the front you must get off your behind.
— Orrin Woodward
Quit making believe you don’t know.You do know. Act on it.
— Alan Cohen
There is no dharma greater than a word uttered by a man of conscience; there is no karma greater than a man listening to himself! Since an intention precedes action, it should be the reference point for any action.
— Thiruman Archunan
The fundamental difference between an instinctive response and an emotion is this: An instinctive response is the body’s direct response to some external situation. An emotion, on the other hand, is the body’s response to thought. Indirectly, an emotion can also be a response to an actual situation or event, but it will be a response to the event seen through the filter of a mental interpretation, the future of thought, that is to say, through the mental concepts of good and bad, like and dislike, me and mine.
— Eckhart Tolle
Whatever neutrality is, it is not very useful to anybody, and time is running out. If we do not do useful things whenever it is possible or necessary to do them, we shall soon be totally departed from the human scene, and forgotten, or remembered only for having disappeared. Armenians are too vital to be permitted to throw themselves away in neutrality, comfort, well-being, satisfaction, and so on and so forth.
— William Saroyan, An Armenian Trilogy
Hope lies in action
— Dean Koontz, False Memory
Initiative without action is the same as having the mind to acknowledge a problem, but not having the heart to see it through.
— Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
Touch of Ability with Action can never be lost in the journey of life.
— Kishore Bansal
...Defeat appears to me preferable to total Inaction.
— John  Adams
God has written us a book, and now we have the opportunity to respond with our words and actions.
— Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully: How a Curious Traveler Met the Pope, Walked on Coals, Danced with Rabbis, and Revived His Prayer Life
Happiness is the fragrance, not the fruit of an action.
— Debasish Mridha
Not the action, but the expectation creates results.
— Debasish Mridha
Are you waiting for the approval of someone else before you make your big move? If you are, chances are they’ve already made it.
— Charles F. Glassman, Brain Drain   The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life
We kept our heads down and did our jobs. We controlled the only thing we could, which was the show. We did the thing. Because remember, the talking about the thing isn't the thing. The doing of the thing is the thing.
— Amy Poehler
How the Hell is it we go to pick up Jenna Jameson and end up with the fucking chick from those Kill Bill movies?
— Todd Morr, Jesus Saves, Satan Invests
It’s not about being ready or feeling prepared all the time
—  sometimes you just have to do what you know you have to do. And when you do – you will always see that you’re more ready and more prepared than you realize. Never doubt yourself or you may never do anything of significance.
Anything you dream [can] be yours simply because you've focused on the steps you could take instead of the distance to get there.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
A leader first tries to listen, then tries to understand, then creates a common vision and then together takes action for the realization.
— Debasish Mridha
A purpose directed disciplined action always bring success.
— Debasish Mridha
Difference between a successful and an unsuccessful person is not the action but the vision.
— Debasish Mridha
The size of action has no value but its aim.
— Alireza Salehi Nejad
Never give up on the possibilities or accept what is when you can see it for what it could be.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
If something needs to be done, do it. If something needs to be said, say it.
— A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
A product in the marketplace is the result of thought in an inner space and action more than the common place.
— Ryan Lilly
I had had a feeling of freedom because of the sudden change in my life. By comparison to what had come before, I felt immensely free. But then, once I became used to that freedom, even small tasks became more difficult. I placed constraints on myself, and filled the hours of the day. Or perhaps it was even more complicated than that. Sometimes I did exactly what I wanted to do all day—I lay on the sofa and read a book, or I typed up an old diary—and then the most terrifying sort of despair would descend on me: the very freedom I was enjoying seemed to say that what I did in my day was arbitrary, and that therefore my whole life and how I spent it was arbitrary.
— Lydia Davis, Can't and Won't: Stories
Happiness does not depend on a possession. Happiness depends on action and perception.
— Debasish Mridha
Happiness comes from action, not from reaction. It is a feeling, not the success, but the perception.
— Debasish Mridha
Love is the source of all creation
—  happiness is the essence of all action.
When you take an action with love, there is always happiness.
— Debasish Mridha
When you take an action to improve humanity, you are happy.
— Debasish Mridha
The wolf blood, Arya remembered now. I'll be as strong as Robb, I said I would. She took a deep breath, then lifted the broomstick in both hands and brought down across her knee. It broke with a loud crack, and she threw the pieces aside. 'I am a direwolf, and done with the wooden teeth.
— George R.R. Martin
Thinking is not enough. Nothing is. There is no final enough of wisdom, experience--any fucking thing. No Holy Grail, No Final Satori, no final solution. Just conflict.
— William S. Burroughs
Proper process, should not hinder progress. Too much focus on process, has left many blind to measured, tangible progress.
— Justin K. McFarlane Beau
I think the motive force of all our action is, after all, personal happiness.
— Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
When it comes to human success, I'm pretty sure the object doesn't need a net external force to move it.
— Majid Kazmi
You can have all the right reasons in the world. They don’t mean shit, my friend, if what you do causes harm.
— Thea Harrison, Kinked
When you live countless stories in which you play a sedentary role, it's an odd feeling to switch stories.
— Donald Miller, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life
Yeast is to flour as action is to ambition. Rising to success requires adding and alternating starters.
— Ryan Lilly
There is nothing to lose by trying. Define new ways of doing things. Never underestimate the power of an action.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Don't be blurred by impulse, to avoid regrets, refrain from doing things that will make you regret.
— Michael Bassey Johnson
Do something. Successful achievers wake up in the morning and go to bed in the night. In between their waking up and going to bed is occupied with action, action, action and action.
— Israelmore Ayivor, Shaping the dream
The test of our knowledge is not what we know, but what we can do.
— Marty Rubin
Action is the means through which the intangible becomes tangible.
— Eleesha, The Soul Whisperer : A Trilogy of Soul Awakening, Revelations & Insights
Hard work is great. It buys you more tickets to the luck lottery.
— Steven David Levine, Eulogy in Blue
The twins stopped and stared in surprise at the two vampires guarding a door on their right. The vampires returned their look of surprise."What are you doing here?" One of the vampires hissed."We're looking for Taco Bell." Luther said cheerfully as he and Tyrone reached behind their backs."Left or right, Tyrone?""I'll take the one on the left." Tyrone replied.
— Elizabeth Kelly, The Recruit: Book Two
It is injustice to determine the brutality of an action because of the victim or the criminal.
— M.F. Moonzajer, LOVE, HATRED AND MADNESS
But fear of making mistakes can itself become a huge mistake, one that prevents you from living, for life is risky and anything less is already a loss.
— Rebecca Solnit, A Field Guide to Getting Lost
I rolled my eyes. To Jack I said, "Don't mind him, he's just mad no one likes him."Jonas clenched his jaw.
— K.F. Breene, Demons
The time you absolutely have to get off your ass and act is when action seems futile
— Marty Rubin
Being a philosopher requires a lot of thinking and no action. Being a model requires a lot of action and no thinking.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana, N for Nigger: Aphorisms for Grown Children and Childish Grown-ups
Although, in my defense, a nonblinking eye rape was rarely the kind of thing you just eased into.
— K.F. Breene, Demons
The surgical resident interested in learning trauma will bypass a residency at a quiet community hospital for a residency at a fast-paced Level 1 trauma center treating a high volume of trauma patients. A Level 1 trauma center residency is far more rigorous—and not particularly glamorous—but the intensive culture of a dedicated trauma center will cultivate the decisive judgment and action required of a surgeon specializing in trauma. By choice or by chance, we must actively test our limits to know our capabilities.
— Marian Deegan, Relevance: Matter More
You will find your purpose revealed in every single action, once you realize that — you — are your purpose.
— Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
Everyday, in our quest to grab the new, the trendy, the coolest stuff, we forget to use the old and our daily lives become stuck in the vicious cycle, chasing after stuff without working the old. Today, pause, slow down, take time, revisit those lessons, materials and take the necessary baby-steps. It pays. Go, make it happen!
— Bernard Kelvin Clive
Napoleon the greatest of the conquerors, is a sufficient proof that great men of action are criminals, and, therefore not geniuses. One can understand him by thinking of the tremendous intensity with which he tried to escape from himself.
— Otto Weininger, Sex and Character: An Investigation of Fundamental Principles
Studying the rule of law won't make a great litigator. It is the act of trying cases in real courtrooms with real plaintiffs and defendants and judges and juries, week after week and year after year that develops lawyers into top trial attorneys.
— Marian Deegan
Studying the rule of law won't make a great litigator. It is the act of trying cases in real courtrooms with real plaintiffs and defendants and judges and juries, week after week and year after year that develops lawyers into top trial attorneys. ― Marian Deegan
— Marian Deegan, Relevance: Matter More
Love is a lens of an observer. Love is an attitude with action.
— Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
My fangs extended then, automatically, like her voice were a fang charmer, and I followed impulsively, thinking about blood.
— Shelique Lize, Velicious
Hurrying back into the rouge lighting in sheer terror, Amelia ran without another word, escaping into the shadows of the dungeon, and she shrieked for salvation that never came.
— Shelique Lize, Velicious
All human happiness or misery takes the form of action
—  the end for which we live is a certain kind of action.
Like two lost souls, we fall asleep in each other's arms, hoping to find ourselves once again.
— Jalpa Williby, Chaysing Memories
सक्ताः कर्मण्यविद्वांसो यथा कुर्वन्ति भारत।कुर्याद्विद्वांस्तथासक्तश्चिकीर्षुर्लोकसंग्रहम्॥॥३- २५॥न बुद्धिभेदं जनयेदज्ञानां कर्मसङ्गिनाम्।जोषयेत्सर्वकर्माणि विद्वान्युक्तः समाचरन्॥॥३- २६॥`Ignorant toil for result; wise – selflessly,Blaze the trail for detached action clearly,For the common weal, path to eternity,For the benefit of the entire humanity.’3. 25-26
— Munindra Misra, Bhagwat Gita - Its Essence
Your responsibility is to not question God’s actions or what looks like a lack of action. Your obligation is to count on God’s character.
— Jim George
I gave my heart away to somebody long time ago- when I was barely a man. And I never got it back.
— Jalpa Williby, Chaysing Memories
Freedom comes with the decision: it does not wait for the act.
— William Faulkner, Soldiers' Pay
To change you must want to change, you must be responsible for the change, and then take action to make the change. It is your race to run so you need to choose your road wisely.
— Thomas Narofsky, You are Unstoppable Participant's Guide: Unleash Your Inspired Life
Any action is good action
—  do what you can from where you are and build off of that action each day.
There's no need to tell me who you are
—  you're already showing me.
Stay committed to staying focused and take action that is in line with what you want.
— Mike Basevic, No Limits, Mastering the Mental Edge
Like two lost souls, we fall in each other's arms, hoping to find ourselves again.
— Jalpa Williby, Chaysing Memories
There is no limit to the heights we can reach if we take action by faith.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Successful people achieve because they think beforehand when it works & think afterwards when it doesn't work.
— Orrin Woodward
Your decisions are the A.I.R. (Action, Impact, and Result) or the breath of life you take each day to live. Each decision is made from your action, the impact of the action, and the results of that action.
— Thomas Narofsky, You are Unstoppable Participant's Guide: Unleash Your Inspired Life
I felt like a champion because I was figuring shit out. I was a doer and a getter-doner, and it was okay to be identified by the neighbors as the little lady who had a dump truck of manure delivered, a load that made the entire neighborhood smell like a dairy barn for weeks.
— Dee Williams
I'd rather be a semi intelligent thinker and doer...than a highly intelligent thinker.. or an unintelligent doe
— Waqas Rabbani
The phony surrender's over
—  the ceasefire has ended. The final fight for the Republic has begun.
I meant what I said. I like you. A lot. I want to get to know you…all of you. Every stupid little detail about your life. You don’t have to run anymore. You can give this a chance
— Jus Accardo, Rules of Survival
Start small and start immediately.
— Cal Newport, How to Win at College: Surprising Secrets for Success from the Country's Top Students
It's our actions that define us. What we choose. What we resist. What we're willing to die for.
— Karen Marie Moning, Bloodfever
We didn't come to the world just to entertain, we came to play remarkable roles, and our reward is to see you doing more than us.
— Michael Bassey Johnson
Remember that [scientific thought] is the guide of action; that the truth which it arrives at is not that which we can ideally contemplate without error, but that which we may act upon without fear; and you cannot fail to see that scientific thought is not an accompaniment or condition of human progress, but human progress itself.
— William Kingdon Clifford, Lectures and Essays by the Late William Kingdon Clifford, F.R.S.
Relying only on logic, on what can be factually established, may inform or intimidate, but it will rarely stir anyone into action or change.
— Charlotte Beers, I'd Rather Be in Charge: A Legendary Business Leader's Roadmap for Achieving Pride, Power, and Joy at Work
The hit-woman opened the door. No dead body on the floor. Thank God.I heard an unearthly roar and then Jordan charged Liz from where she’d been hiding beside the door. She tackled her to the floor and stabbed her through the wrist with a small switchblade. The hit-woman shrieked and let go of the gun, allowing Jordan precious seconds to bat it across the room. She landed a couple hard punches to the assassin’s nose, bloodying it, before the other woman got the upper hand.She grabbed a handful of Jordan’s ponytail and slammed her head into the edge of the coffee table. Jordan cried out, but didn’t let go of the knife. She withdrew it and held it against the assassin’s throat, shouting, “Move again and I’ll kill you, puta!”Liz panted madly, but stayed put. Jordan glanced up at me. “You okay?”“Alive,” I said through a grimace. “Not okay.”“Good enough.” She returned her gaze to the woman pinned beneath her and glared. “The police are on their way. And not the nice, human police. Angels. Get any ideas about trying to kill me again and you won’t even get to deal with them.”“I’ve been in jail before,” Liz said, attempting to recapture her former arrogance. “I’ll get over it.”Jordan leaned down a few inches, lowering her voice. “Really? How’d you like to return without your tongue?”Liz’s eyes went wide, as did mine. “You wouldn’t dare.”“You shot my best friend. Multiple times. Lex talionis.”“You can’t kill me. You’re not a policewoman. You’re just a girl.”“No. I’m a Seer. You and the rest of your friends had better learn the difference between a sheep and a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Until then…”She lifted her fist and punched Liz hard in the temple. The assassin went out like a light. “Vaya con dios, bitch.
— Kyoko M., The Deadly Seven
Have I, have you, been too silent? Is there an easy crime of silence?
Personal brands are determined by a track record of actions, not a track record of plans.
— Ryan Lilly, #Networking is people looking for people looking for people
The rest of us need you to act, because if you don't, you're robbing yourself, your peers, your family, your organization, and the world of a contribution that only you can make.
— Todd Henry, Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day
Do something instead of killing time. Because time is killing you.
— Paulo Coelho, Aleph
Every romantic knows that love was never a noun
—  it is a verb.
The goal for most people should not be to feel better, but to get better at feeling.
— Shannon L. Alder
Man is slow because he hesitates
— Lance Conrad, The Price of Creation
The smallest of action is better than the greatest of intentions.
— Mohammed Imran Uddin Uddin
Gangsters live for the action. The closer to death, the nearer to the heated coil of the moment, the more alive they feel. Most would rather succumb to a barrage of bullets from a roomful of sworn enemies than to the debilitation of old age, dying the death of the feeble. A gangster becomes as addicted to the thrill of the battle and the potential to die in the midst of it as he does to he more attractive lures in his path. In his world, the potential for death exists every day. The better gangsters don't shy away from such a dreaded possibility but rather find comfort in its proximity.
— Lorenzo Carcaterra, Gangster
FOXFIRE NEVER SAYS NEVER!	By the time the kidnapped turquoise-and-chrome car overturns--turns and turns and turns!--in a snow-drifted field north of Tydeman's Corners Legs Sadovsky will have driven eleven miles from Eddy's Smoke Shop on Fairfax Avenue, six wild miles with the Highway Patrol cop in pursuit bearing up swiftly when the highway is clear and the girls are hysterical with excitement squealing and clutching one another thrown from side to side as Legs grimaces sighting the bridge ahead, it's one of those old-fashioned nightmare bridges with a steep narrow ramp, narrow floor made of planks but there's no time for hesitation Legs isn't going to use the brakes, she's shrewd, reasoning too that the cop will have to slow down, the fucker'll be cautious thus she'll have several seconds advantage won't she?--several seconds can make quite a difference in a contest like this so the Buick's rushing up the ramp, onto the bridge, the front wheels strike and spin and seem at first to be lifting in decorous surprise Oh! oh but astonishingly the car holds, it's a heavy machine of power that seems almost intelligent until flying off the bridge hitting a patch of slick part-melted ice the car swerves, now the rear wheels appear to be lifting, there's a moment when all effort ceases, all gravity ceases, the Buick a vessel of screams as it lifts, floats, it's being flung into space how weightless! Maddy's eyes are open now, she'll remember all her life this Now, now how without consequence! as the car hits the earth again, yet rebounds as if still weightless, turning, spinning, a machine bearing flesh, bones, girls' breaths plunging and sliding and rolling and skittering like a giant hard-shelled insect on its back, now righting itself again, now again on its back, crunching hard, snow shooting through the broken windows and the roof collapsing inward as if crushed by a giant hand upside-down and the motor still gunning as if it's frantic to escape, they're buried in a cocoon of bluish white and there's a sound of whimpering, panting,sobbing, a dog's puppyish yipping and a strong smell of urine and Legs is crying breathlessly half in anger half in exultation, caught there behind the wheel unable to turn, to look around, to see, "Nobody's dead--right?"	Nobody's dead.
— Joyce Carol Oates, Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang
There's a place between passivity and violence. I'll meet you there.
— Rivera Sun
Think, Act, Become
— Ojo Michael E.