Quotes on Action

Every natural action is graceful.

I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest.

Thought expands, but paralyzes; action animates, but narrows.

Effective action is always unjust.

Here is a man whose life and actions the world has already condemned - yet whose enormous fortune...has already brought him acquittal!

It is important to understand that counterproducti ve actions of body, speech and mind do not arise of their own accord, but spring up in dependence on our motivation. Faulty states of mind give rise to faulty actions. To control negative physical and verbal actions, we need to tame our minds.

When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.

Man's actions are the picture book of his creeds.

Recognizing that the power of will is the supreme court over all other departments of my mind, I will exercise daily when I need the urge to act for any purpose; and I will form habits designed to bring the power of my will into action at least once daily.

Blessings don’t come from outside, but from within. Whatever blessings we receive are the result of our own efforts and positive actions.

The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their needs, their passions, their characters and talents; and impresses us with the belief that such needs, passions and interests are the sole spring of actions.

America's greatest contribution to the world is its concept of democracy, its concept of freedom, freedom of action, freedom of speech, and freedom of thought.

There are times when words seem empty and only actions seem great. Such a time has come, and in the Providence of God America will once more have an opportunity to show the world that she was born to save mankind.

Peace must begin within self before there can come action or self application in a way to bring peace-even in thine own household, in thine own vicinity, in thine own state or nation.

Every little action of the common day makes or unmakes character.

Win through your actions, never through argument.

Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it.

Now is the time when your action is practice.

When once you consider an action, do not let anything dissuade you. Consult your heart, not others, and then follow its dictates.

The Founding Fathers were neither passive, death-worshipin g mystics nor mindless, power-seeking looters; as a political group they were a phenomenon unprecedented in history: they were thinkers who were also men of action.

Just try to love, and manifest it. When your heart is open, there is this energy of love that flows in, fulfills everything and somehow transmutes itself into actions.