Quotes about Taking Action

Los libros de historia dicen que los reyes, los duques o los generales son quienes empiezan las guerras. No te lo creas. Las empezamos nosotros, tú y yo. Cada vez que le damos la espalda a alguien, que guardamos silencio, que no nos metemos, que nos portamos bien.

I know the task ahead seems impossible, but all we need to do is begin. The rest will take care of itself. A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.

I guess there were two types of people in the world, those who sat around a fire, staring into the flames, and those who started the fire. Seth and I started the fire, and then we danced around it.

We can't change things by wishing. Only by doing.

Let's go. Let's count for something. Let's get off that ledge.

You look back,' Max said, 'you can't believe that much time went by. You look ahead and you think, shit, if it goes that fast I better do something with it

And what great thing have you done? asked the peasant. We? Oh, nothing. Then to the oven! he replied. The

If I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it.

If she liked him so darn much, she should have done something about it. Taken some real action.

Better to drown in the surf than stand idly by the shore.

Do it trembling if you must, but do it!

If you wish to be a writer, write.

Yes, but my nose is running.' Then what do you have hands for, you slave?

How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?

Compiere un'azione notevole è meglio che essere notati».

The best way to do it, is to do it!

The most effective way to do it, is to do it.

Opportunity doesn't knock. You knock, opportunity answers.

God says to us "Some things won't get done unless you do them.

No, really. Just do it. You have some kind of weird reasons that are okay.

To some extent, 'The Wall' is asking the question, 'Do you want a voice? And if you do, you better bloody well go out and get it because it's not going to be handed to you on a plate.'

I'm practical. I see something, and I do it.

If people want to get into leadership through corrupt practices, through corrupt means, I think that's detestable; we have to take action.

People can expect that from me as premier: If there's something to be done, something to be fixed, it'll happen.