Quotes About Action

I am so often struck by what we do not do, all of us. And I am also, now, so acutely aware of the quick passage of time, the way that we come suddenly to our own separate closures. It is as though a thing says, I told you. But you thought I was just kidding.

Always pick the thing that is not a chain, is one way to try to save the world.

Mason's Make-It-Happen Realtor!")

You take one step of pure and good intention and the universe accommodates.

My way of looking at it is, who cares what happens before we're born and after we die? The question that has become increasingly important to me is, what do we do in the meantime?

YOU HAD TO SEIZE THE MOMENT, ACT ON A GOOD IMPULSE BEFORE EVERYTHING JUST DISAPPEARED.

She wished him at her side this very moment. If only to turn it all to rights by doing his very best to turn it all to ruin.

Like completing a run, living today begins with preparation, planning, and prayer.

What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it.

Each day is precious when we consider what we can do to serve God and His Kingdom.

Every act and choice you make is creating the real you and shaping your real life.

Something is always better than nothing" no matter how small that "something" is.

Done is better than good.

if I am not actively creating something, then I am probably actively destroying something

There's a wonderful old Italian joke about a poor man who goes to church every day and prays before the statue of a great saint,'Dear saint-please, please, please...give me the grace to win the lottery.' This lament goes on for months. Finally the exasperated statue come to life, looks down at the begging man and says in weary disgust,'My son-please, please, please...buy a ticket.

What life is, we know not. What life does, we know well. —LORD PERCEVAL

It has taken me years to learn this, but it does seem to be the case if that I am not actively creating something, then I am probably actively destroying something

Qualquer movimento é melhor do que a inércia, pois a inspiração sempre será atraída para o movimento.

Destiny, I feel, is also a relationship—a play between divine grace and willful self-effort. Half of it you have no control over; half of it is absolutely in your hands, and your actions will show measurable consequence. Man

Há uma piada italiana muito engraçada sobre um homem pobre que vai todos os dias à igreja rezar diante da estátua de um grande santo, implorando: «Querido santo, por favor, por favor, por favor... dá-me a graça de ganhar a lotaria.» Este lamento continua durante meses. Por fim, a estátua exasperada ganha vida, olha para ele e diz com um ar fatigado: «Meu filho, por favor, por favor, por favor... compra um bilhete.»

But if you don't have the courage, let's try to get you some. Because creative living is a path for the brave. We all know this. And we all know that when courage dies, creativity dies with it. We all know that fear is a desolate boneyard where our dreams go to desiccate in the hot sun. This is common knowledge; sometimes we just don't know what to do about it.

You start whenever you decide to start.

Done is better than good." I

If you do say yes to an idea, now it's showtime.