Quotes about Taking Action

this is not the time to become lost in sorrow. We must do something and not just wait to be victims.

So perhaps the best thing to do is to stop writing Introductions and get on with the book.

C'est en s'engageant dans l'action que l'on bat la peur.

Abigail Van Buren

Unless action is taken soon - unless we can display the same vision of that earlier period - we will lose the treasure of California's open space and environmental beauty.

Between the great things we cannot do and the small things we will not do, the danger is that we shall do nothing.

I have to just keep being aggressive. Once I see openings I just have to take them and not be passive.

Just go out there and do it. It's not the easiest path.

You can't always say and do things and wait until the right moment, when everything is perfectly lined up. As women, I feel like we do that. I just see so many women take the back seat and wait until the right opportunity, and when you do that, you miss out on the best things.

When I've known something is right, the actual doing of it is not scary. It's like being onstage or performing. After it and before it, there might be a lot of fear, but the act of it is never scary for me.

Being terrified but going ahead and doing what must be done—that's courage. The one who feels no fear is a fool, and the one who lets fear rule him is a coward.

kau harus bertindak terhadap siapa saja yang mengambil seluruh atau sebagian dari milikmu, sekali pun hanya segumpil batu yang tergeletak di bawah jendela. Bukan karena batu itu sangat berharga bagimu. Azasnya: mengambil milik tanpa ijin: pencurian; itu tidak benar, harus dilawan.

Strike while your employer has a big contract

Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.

When faced with a challenge (be it a hurricane or a struggling business or a reluctance to start writing), we must decide to act and then we must act. We should perceive our worries as an indication that we should meet our challenges head on, cut right to the heart of them, and take action. Otherwise, we'll be in the aftermath of the storm, sitting and staring at that old tree that's collapsed onto our patio, and asking, "Well, what now?

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

I've got some advice for the young: If you've got anything you really want to do, don't wait until you're 93.

The rule for effective governance is simple. It is one Ronald Reagan knew by heart. And one that he successfully employed with Social Security and the Cold War. When there is a problem, you fix it. That is the job you have been sent to do and you cannot wait for someone else to do it for you.

Those who speak up, those who use their connections, are more likely to succeed than those who sit and wait.

If I had sat around and waited until I had an idea to be a successful photographer, I would still be in finance.

The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.

The way I see it, I can either cross the street, or I can keep waiting for another few years of green lights to go by.

Hillary Clinton is the problem; she is not the solution to Donald Trump. We are the solution. We are the ones we've been waiting for. This is our moment. Together, we do have the power to create an America and a world that works for all of us.