Action Quotes - Part5

Quotes		Source
Action hangs, as it were, ''dissolved'' in speech, in thoughts whereof speech is the shadow; and precipitates itself therefrom. The kind of speech in a man betokens the kind of action you will get from him.		Thomas Carlyle
There is no use trying, said Alice; one can't believe impossible things. I dare say you haven't had much practice, said the Queen. When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.		Lewis Carroll
The person of intellect is lost unless they unite with energy of character. When we have the lantern of Diogenese we must also have his staff.		Lewis Cass
In action be primitive; in foresight, a strategist.		Edward Koch
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.		K. Chesterton
We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.		Marcus T Cicero
Action makes more fortune than caution.		Luc De Clapiers
He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.		Louisa Alcott
When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.		James Baldwin
Let every man or woman here, if you never hear me again, remember this, that if you wish to be great at all, you must begin where you are and with what you are. He who would be great anywhere must first be great in his own Philadelphia.		Russel Conwell