Action Quotes

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

We Americans are world leaders and we must lead by example - particularly in times that require careful deliberation before any precipitous action - lest we fail to walk in the shoes of those we might injure.

To overcome a fear, here's all you have to do: realize the fear is there, and do the action you fear anyway.

The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine principle of our race is action, choice, resolved memory.

Public action should seek to expand the set of opportunities of those who have the least voice and fewest resources and capabilities.

The problem is essentially that of communications to an army in action. After a rapid advance communications become disorganized, and there is a temporary halting until they are again in working order.

To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.

Once you've established where you are, you go to the character and elaborate on expressions and action.

A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose.

Challenges of historic import threaten America's future. Action on the deficit, economy, energy, health care and much more is imperative, yet our legislative institutions fail to act. Congress must be reformed.

The tension I feel is the moment they say, 'Action!' Movies are like lightning in a bottle, and you always want to find when you possibly can catch a surprising moment.

It's the board I had a problem with. I could totally handle being in the water and stuff. I came here to do my own stunts. Water! Ocean! Action! Big waves! That water, that water has tamed me. You can feel that the world is connected to it.

I want do some kind of action movie, car chases and explosions.

Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt.

It's just about going out and getting the shot, so I have a great understanding of how to execute it, so that really helps me, and also having a good understanding of all the action that I'm shooting, it helps me in determining how I'm going to capture it.

Action based only on principles isn't always good even if it feels good.

You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It's very real. It's very strong.

Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been domestically.

But our energy woes are in many ways the result of classic market failures that can only be addressed through collective action, and government is the vehicle for collective action in a democracy.

From now on, I approach the cinema as a business woman. I intend to be in more action movies because, apart from Angelina Jolie, no other actress stands out in this genre.

But the action film genre is gonna have to come up with some new bad guys.

At the same time, reading an action script... It makes me wonder. Was The Matrix a good script? I don't know.

I am still feeling my calf strain, so I have been unable to train this week. I will again have to sit out the weekend action, but the lads are climbing ever higher to safety.

Right now, there are nearly 30 jobs bills passed by the House with support from both Republicans and Democrats that are awaiting action in the Democratic-run Senate.

Al Qaeda operates by launching surprise attacks on civilian targets with the goal of massive casualties. Our only means for preventing future attacks, which could use WMDs, is by acquiring information that allows for pre-emptive action.

All men of action are dreamers.

I approach my character with the question: What would an animal think? How would an animal respond? A lot of times, it's quick action and no fear, and sometimes it's irrational fear. You don't always know.

The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action.

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