Quotes about Taking Action

If you have work to do, don't wait to feel like it; set to work and you will feel like it.

When trouble comes, wise men take to their work; weak men take to the woods.

Do not imagine that you have to know everything before you can do anything. My own best work was done when I was most ignorant.

No use in waiting, we can all work hard to bring about changes.

Whimpering never kept a leaking vessel from foundering. Vigorously manning the pumps has. Get busy with your head and hands, not your chin.

In the end, the effectiveness of our creative process comes down to whether we're going to whine or do the work.

'I tried and it didn't work' is a lot better than, 'I wish I'd tried'.

If our god's work is to be done in our time, we must do it ourselves.

When we realize the degree of agency we actually do have, we no longer have to "hope" at all. We simply do the work.

Don't just sit there. Go do something and don't expect that it's going to be fun unless you make it fun. You have got to work on things. That is when you are happy.

The smartest people in the world are not in charge, they work for the action takers.

It's time to break our ties with anything in us that would rather complain about its situation than go to work to change it.

I'm someone who's seen firsthand the effects of gun violence. I've had to carry a gun to do my job in the war. And I know as well as anyone that this violence has no place on our streets, in our schools, in our concerts, so we've got to do something about it.

We have so much work to do to meet the challenges of people living on our streets. But every day we are out there doing the work, finding solutions not only to help those living on our streets, but to prevent more people from ending up there in the future.

I'm a firm believer in that you've got to strike the iron when it's hot.

The other aspect is that you become much more aware of the structural problems that pertain to that continent. You feel the need to act to try and solve them.

'Just Do It' is exactly what you need to hear when you're in a moment of doubt. When you're struggling, especially with sport... just do it. Stop talking about it, stop complaining about the cellulite, or that you're not able to run fast enough for the bus... just do it.

You take on what's right in front of you. You want to do the best you can with the opportunities that you have.

In any field, when an opportunity arises, one mustn't let it go.

I don't think 'nothing' is a good option.

Action cures fear. Indecision, postponement, on the other hand, fertilize fear.

If the law is a bad law, there is always the contingent right to take action that you would not otherwise take.

We need to step up because our past generations did their jobs; we now need to do ours.

Your job is to inspire people from your neighborhood to get out.