233 Best Action Quotes

It is not a question of whether you can or not. You must do it. – Ashitaka

We have to enter the dream and stop him before the real world is completely consumed.

Your friend is in trouble, isn't she? Then what are you doing here? Go help her! – Uncle Pom

Skadoosh! – Po

You are a chef, and a chef creates! – Colette

C'mon, everyone! Let's get this show on the road!

If you have an idea, you have to build it. – Tadashi Hamada

It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently. – Fyodor Dostoevsky

Man has it all in his hands, and it all slips through his fingers from sheer cowardice. – Rodion Raskolnikov

He had felt himself a rich man, not because of the external advantages he possessed over other young men, but because of the capacity for action which he felt within him.

Don't ask for guarantees. And don't look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were heading for shore. – Faber

Those who don’t build must burn.

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

The future depends on what you do today.

An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

My life is my message.

The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

The time is always right to do what is right.

We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right.

Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.

We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the positive affirmation of peace.

I never worry about action, but only about inaction. – Winston Churchill

It always seems impossible until it's done. – Nelson Mandela

We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right. – Nelson Mandela

It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it. – Nelson Mandela

Overcome the devils with a lot of prayer and then when you have finished your prayer, overcome them again with a lot of work. – Nelson Mandela

We can change the world and make it a better place. It is in your hands to make a difference. – Nelson Mandela

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. – Abraham Lincoln

The best way to predict your future is to create it. – Abraham Lincoln

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong. – Abraham Lincoln

Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today. – Abraham Lincoln

Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. – Leonardo da Vinci

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things. – Leonardo da Vinci

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. – Leonardo da Vinci

Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently. – Maya Angelou

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back. – Maya Angelou

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass. – Maya Angelou

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

It is to be hoped that the normal balance of executive and legislative authority may be wholly adequate to meet the unprecedented task before us. But it may be that an unprecedented demand and need for undelayed action may call for temporary departure from that normal balance of public procedure. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

I am not going to sit on my ass as the events that affect me unfold to determine the course of my life. I'm going to take a stand. I'm going to defend it. Right or wrong, I'm going to defend it. – Cameron

Enough talk. Let's fight!

Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised. – Aragorn

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish. – Samwise Gamgee