action quotes

“We should seek the greatest value of our action. ”

— Stephen Hawking

“The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but the greatest genius is not always equal to himself, or he would cease to be human.”

— Honore de Balzac

“Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.”

— Honore de Balzac

“One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.”

— Aldous Huxley

“We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see all the motives upon which they were done.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

“Many great actions are committed in small struggles.”

— Victor Hugo

“He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most busy life. ”

— Victor Hugo

“My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.”

— Victor Hugo

“It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like.”

— Victor Hugo

“Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on. ”

— Victor Hugo

“A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it. ”

— Franz Kafka

“A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.”

— Jawaharlal Nehru

“Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends. ”

— Jawaharlal Nehru

“Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.”

— Jawaharlal Nehru

“Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it.”

— Julius Robert Oppenheimer

“The gods behold all righteous actions.”

“What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god.”

— William Shakespeare

“Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.”

— William Shakespeare

“All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter. ”

“I knew there would be a negative reaction in the press to my divorce, but I am not going to live my life because of something someone might say. ”

— Christina Aguilera

“When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive. ”

— George Washington Bush

“I think you can judge from somebody's actions a kind of a stability and sense of purpose perhaps created by strong religious roots. I mean, there's a certain patience, a certain discipline, I think, that religion helps you achieve. ”

— George Washington Bush

“The action we take and the decisions we make in this decade will have consequences far into this century. If America shows weakness and uncertainty, the world will drift toward tragedy. That will not happen on my watch.”

— George Washington Bush

“Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in. ”

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“For some reason I did something where I realized I could get a reaction. That was when I broke out of my shell at school, because I really didn't have any friends or anything like that and I just kind of was going along, and then finally I did this zany thing, and all of a sudden I had tons of friends. ”

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