Take Action Quotes

Being willing is not enough. We must do.

...a person and an organization must have goals, take actions to achieve those goals, gather evidence of achievement, study and reflect on the data and from that take actions again. Thus, they are in a continuous feedback spiral toward continuous improvement. This is what 'Kaizan' means.

Without a standard there is no logical basis for making a decision or taking action.

Existence is movement. Action is movement. Existence is defined by the rhythm of forces in natural balance. (...) It is our appreciation for dance that allows us to see clearly the rhythms of nature and to take natural rhythm to a plane of well-organised art and culture.

It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.

The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.

We can begin by doing small things at the local level, like planting community gardens or looking out for our neighbors. That is how change takes place in living systems, not from above but from within, from many local actions occurring simultaneously.

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

The purpose of information is not knowledge. It is being able to take the right action.

Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears.

The truth is... everything counts. Everything. Everything we do and everything we say. Everything helps or hurts; everything adds to or takes away from someone else.

A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.

Unless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. Independence and liberty will be gone, and the general public will find itself in a condition of servitude to an aggregation of organized and selfish interest.

Just as ripples spread out when a single pebble is dropped into water, the actions of individuals can have far-reaching effects.

Action must be taken at once, there is no time to be lost.

One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions.

In every case, the remedy is to take action.

Get clear about exactly what it is that you need to learn and exactly what you need to do to learn it. BEING CLEAR KILLS FEAR. Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.

The path to success is to take massive, determined action.

As you become comfortable with uncertainty, infinite possibilities open up in your life. It means fear is no longer a dominant factor in what you do and no longer prevents you from taking action to initiate change.

Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out and meet the bloody thing.

Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery. Love, and don't be caught in opinions and ideas about what love is or should be. When you love, everything will come right. Love has its own action.

If I offered you a thousand dollars to take off your shoes, you'd very likely accept--and then I could triumphantly announce that 'rewards work.' But as with punishments, they can never help someone develop a *commitment* to a task or action, a reason to keep doing it when there's no longer a payoff.

The path to success is to take massive, determined action.

Pay less attention to what men say. Just watch what they do.

We have learnt, rather too late, that action comes, not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

For every failure, there's an alternative course of action.

You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

the shell must break before the bird can fly.

Worship is not an experience. Worship is an act, and this takes discipline. We are to worship ''in spirit and in truth.'' Never mind about the feelings. We are to worship in spite of them.

Summoning up the courage to take action is always the same regardless of how seemingly big or small the challenge. What may look like a small act of courage is courage nonetheless. The important thing is to be willing to take a step forward.

I know as I'm taking my dying breath, the ambulance guy will ask me why they cancelled Action.

You only have control over three things in your life - the thoughts you think, the images you visualize, and the actions you take (your behavior). How you use these three things determines everything you experience. If you don't like what you are producing and experiencing, you have to change your responses.

Complaining is silly. Either act or forget.

We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical field of human relations in which the action takes place, but employs and encourages those thoughts and feelings which help transform the field itself.

Take action once a day to do something that ignites your life.