Action Quotes

Being motivated and curious counts for more than being smart because it leads to action.

Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris.

When we make the cerebral state the beginning of an action, and in no sense the condition of a perception, we place the perceived images of things outside the image of our body, and thus replace perception within the things themselves.

Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed – else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.

An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.

Thought and theory must precede all action, that moves to salutary purposes. Yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.

Be strong in who you are and, don’t let the actions of another convince you that you are not good enough.

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love.

This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.

You have to make mistakes to find out who you aren’t. You take the action, and the insight follows: You don’t think your way into becoming yourself.