Quotes about Taking Action

The only way to defeat evil is by taking advantage of our freedoms.

One must steer, not talk.

The people elected us to end the talk and to act decisively.

I like to get my hands dirty. Talk is cheap.

Talk is cheap if it doesn't motivate action.

Talk is cheap; play the game.

I always wanted to start a school. I talked about it in college - but I didn't do anything about it.

I pledge to you I'm not a talker. I'm a doer.

Some of us have been thinking and talking too long without doing anything. Poems are perfect; picketing, sometimes, is better.

I'm not about talking and finger-pointing and complaining. I'm about getting things done.

Face the facts. Then act on them. It's the only mantra I know, the only doctrine I have to offer you, and it's harder than you'd think, because I swear humans seem hardwired to do anything but. Face the facts. Don't pray, don't wish, don't buy into centuries-old dogma and dead rhetoric. Don't give in to your conditioning or your visions or your fucked-up sense of . . . whatever. Face the facts. Then act. QUELLCRIST

You killed Buzzy." "Yeah. I'm sorry." "Don't be sorry. I'm glad you did it.

motivation follows action instead of the other way around.

Procrastination is the thief of dreams

As one who would rather light a candle than curse the darkness.

We can retreat and retreat and let ourselves get backed into corners forever," she'd said once. "Or we can go out and meet the enemy at the time and place we choose. Not them." Okay, Tasha, I thought. Let's see if your advice gets me killed.

You're one to talk, Sage." He pointed an accusing finger. "At least I take action. You? You let the world go by without you. You stand there while that asshole Keith treats you like crap and just smile and nod. You have no spine. You don't fight back. Even old Abe seems to push you around. Was Rose right that he's got something on you? Or is he just someone else you won't fight back against?

Life, unfortunately, doesn?t seem to care what we want. Act now while you can actually stop it from being a disaster.

Life, unfortunately, doesn't seem to care what we want. Act now while you can actually stop it from being a disaster.

People put their dreams off, either because they think it's impossible, or because they'll do it 'someday.'" He

And pushed the button.

It's got to be done.

If you feel stuck in your life, like it's passing you by, like there's something way better for you somewhere out there and you're missing it, try this—try throwing yourself into the small things and repeating to yourself: This is where I start.

When you pursue your path, exploring the possibilities as you search for your ikigai, pay careful attention to things that make you angry and get you all riled up and provoke you to say, Someone should do something about that!!! The someone may be you.