Action

QUOTES

To do two things at once is to do neither.
 Publius
 -50

If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly.
 Wm Shakespeare
 Macbeth, 1606

We must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
  Indira Gandhi
 

The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour.
 Japanese proverb
 

Seize the day. Put no trust in the morrow.
 Horace
  -35

While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions. 
 Stephen Covey
 

You must do things - you mustn't watch what other people are doing; you mustn't listen to what other people are doing.
 Richard Branson
 1992

Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
 Hannah Arendt
 1970

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation... the hand is the cutting edge of the mind.
 Jacob Bronowski
 1973

We judge ourselves by our best intentions and most noble acts but we will be judged by our last worst act. 
 Michael Josephson
 

See Also BEGINNING IDLENESS

References