5,384 Quotes About Action

Nothing changes unless you persist in your action.

It is the intention not the action that defines the result.

Intent without action will leave every word that I use to describe my intent as empty and best never having been said.

Since a value is that which one acts to gain and/or keep, and the amount of possible action is limited by the duration of one’s lifespan, it is a part of one’s life that one invests in everything one values. The years, months, days or hours of thought, of interest, of action devoted to a value are the currency with which one pays for the enjoyment one receives from it.

In between waking up from bed in the morning and going back in the evening, let something happen. God will bless that “something” for you.

What makes an action positive or negative? Not how it looks, not whether it is big or small, but it is the positive or negative motivation that is behind it. No matter how many teachings that you have heard, to be motivated by ordinary concerns, such as a desire for greatness, fame or whatever, is not the way of the true Dharma.

Nay,--conduct hath the loudest tongue. The voiceIs but an instrument on which the priestMay play what tune he pleases. In the deed, The unequivocal authentic deed, We find sound argument, and read the heart.

Be ready; now is the beginning of happenings.

Thrills are much more about anticipation than action. An unfired bullet is more dangerous than one that has already met its target.