Action Quotes - Page 59

The biggest gap in your life is between what you know and what you do.

The effectiveness of a leader is best judged by the actions of those he guides.

I'll never forget the day that I was told I would have to have a mastectomy. My reaction to the words was total denial.

One charming characteristic of many flank attacks I could mention is that they do not very often lead to simplification: if the attack is parried, there usually are still opportunities left for initiating action in another sector.

All our problems, all our disputes, all our disagreements can be resolved quickly to mutual satisfaction if we address the question.

The way we choose to see the world creates the world we see.

You don't have to get it right the first time.

I am not afraid of aging, but more afraid of people's reactions to my aging.

The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .

There is no possibility of failure because you only control your actions and they only influence the probable evolution of your life over stochastic future paths. There is no failure, only feedback.

Free enterprise is essentially a formula not just for wealth creation, but for life satisfaction.

I will always stay hungry, never satisfied with current accomplishments.

A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole is what has a beginning and middle and end.

It is their character indeed that makes people who they are. But it is by reason of their actions that they are happy or the reverse.

Just get up there and let it rip!

Throwing stones is the birthright and duty of anyone subject to foreign rule. Throwing stones is an action as well as a metaphor of resistance.

It is in the nature of the human being to seek a justification for his actions.

But the standard churchy spirituality doesn't require any real action, courage, or sacrifice from its attendees.

Nothing annoys me more than having the most trivial action analyzed and explained.

The paths to liberation are numerous, but the bank along the way is always the same, the Bank of Karma, where the liberation account of each of us is credited or debited depending on our actions.

I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest.

Change comes from a degree of discomfort that allows for and spurs thought and action.

Change. Adapt. Bend so as not to be broken. Let opportunity guide your actions.

Behavior is a much better barometer of what you are than words.

The characteristic merit of the English constitutions is, that its dignified parts are very complicated and somewhat imposing, very old and rather venerable, while its efficient part, at least when in great and critical action, is decidedly simple and modern.