Actions Quotes

When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves he is not a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.

We are face to face with our destiny and we must meet it with high and resolute courage. For us is the life of action, of strenuous performance of duty; let us live in the harness, striving mightily; let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out.

We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.

Action is character.

Aggressive fighting for the right is the greatest sport in the world.

Deliberation is the function of the many; action is the function of one.

An event had happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money. It lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and for angels to be lookers-on.

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.

Life is one long process of getting tired.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome.

Somewhere deep down we know that in the final analysis we do decide things and that even our decisions to let someone else decide are really our decisions, however pusillanimous.

Actions lie louder than words.

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way... you become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.

You ask me why I do not write something....I think one's feelings waste themselves in words, they ought all to be distilled into actions and into actions which bring results.

We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.

I've arrived at this outermost edge of my life by my own actions. Where I am is thoroughly unacceptable. Therefore, I must stop doing what I've been doing.

I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man's actions are, such must be his spirit.

Strong reasons make strong actions.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.

Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it a charm.

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.

Delay is preferable to error.

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.