Action Quotes

Act well at the moment, and you performed a good action for all eternity.

Action will remove the doubt that theory cannot solve.

He is incapable of a truly good action that finds not a pleasure in contemplating the actions of others.

Each person has his own safe place – running, painting, swimming, fishing, weaving, gardening. The activity itself is less important than the act of drawing on your own resources.

No matter how full a reservoir of “maxims” one may possess, and no matter how good one’s “sentiments” may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to “act”, one’s character may remain entirely unaffected for the better. With mere good intentions, hell is proverbially paved.

The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.

Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.

Idleness and timidity often despair without being overcome, and forbear attempts for fear of being defeated; and we may promote the invigoration of faint endeavors, by showing what has already been performed.

Deeds are better things than words are, Actions mightier than boasting.

In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.