All the President is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway. —Harry S. Truman More about this quote Tags: politics action USA President Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There were so many people in the world who wasted their aliveness, who hung back when they should reach out, who sat out when they should join in, who hung on when they should let go. —Jessie Evans in Betting on You More about this quote Tags: action life relationships introversion Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed. —George Burns More about this quote Tags: action money bed Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
But talk was cheap and useless. Action was what mattered. —Sarah Dessen in What Happened to Goodbye More about this quote Tags: action talk Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. —William James More about this quote Tags: action change difference Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Love can do much, but duty more. —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe More about this quote Tags: action love duty Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
My father . . . used to say, "I need my anger. It obliges me to take action." I think my father was partly right. Anger arises, naturally, to signal disturbing situations that might require action. But actions initiated in anger perpetuate suffering. The most effective actions are those conceived in the wisdom of clarity. —Sylvia Boorstein More about this quote Tags: action wisdom suffering anger clarity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Don't do nothing because you can't do everything. Do something. Anything. —Colleen Patrick-Goudreau More about this quote Tags: action power impotence change Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us. —Jerry Garcia More about this quote Tags: action savior Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Crying is all right in its own way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do. —C. S. Lewis More about this quote Tags: action crying regret sadness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I've found that often the quality you see in successful people is knowing when to take the initiative, and being quick about it. I've never sat around, waiting for someone to tell me to take charge. I just do it. —R.K. Lilley in Bad Things More about this quote Tags: action power waiting initiative Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When deeds speak, words are nothing. —Pierre-Joseph Proudhon More about this quote Tags: action words deeds Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is well to think well; it is divine to act well. —Horace Mann More about this quote Tags: action thinking divinity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The soul's joy lies in doing. —Percy Bysshe Shelley More about this quote Tags: action doing soul joy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over. —Aneurin Bevan More about this quote Tags: action change Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email