Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.

The most effective way to do it, is to do it.

Be extra careful in the work environment with those who like to maintain their position through charm and being political, rather than getting things done. They are very prone to envying and hating those who work hard and get results. They will slander and sabotage you without any warning.

When you have enough understanding and compassion in you, then that amount of understanding and compassion will try to express itself in action. And your practice should help you to cultivate more understanding and compassion.

Beware the tyranny of the weak. They just suck you dry.

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

Let no such man be trusted.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Thought is the parent of the deed.

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.

We should seek the greatest value of our action.

Every action needs to be prompted by a motive.

The difference between a stranger sending you a message that you might be interested in at a very low volume level, no repetition, just sending it to very few people, and that being done as spam – those things get close enough that you want to be careful never to filter out something that’s legitimate.

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one’s wife happy. First, let her think she’s having her own way. And second, let her have it.

To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last – but eat you he will.

Every time I plant a seed, He say kill it before it grow, he say kill it before they grow.

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.

I give opinions, not advice.

It may be the part of a friend to rebuke a friend’s folly.

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.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

Next time I see you, remind me not to talk to you.

The movie business is a big gamble.

One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment… If it doesn’t turn out right, we can modify it as we go along.

Never envy a man his lady. Behind it all lays a living hell.

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.

I don’t like to give advice. I like to give people information because everyone’s life is different, and everyone’s journey is different.

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.

Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it.

So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the necessity of doing something.

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.

In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice.

All action takes place, so to speak, in a kind of twilight, which like a fog or moonlight, often tends to make things seem grotesque and larger than they really are.

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

We must act out passion before we can feel it.

The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.

Beware of geeks bearing formulas.

This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

We give speeches and pin ribbons onto uniforms, etch names into walls. And all that is fine, but too often, all those tributes, all those words aren’t always backed up by action. And that felt like such a stark contrast to me, because, as we all know, our military is all about action.

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.

Sometimes it is better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.

So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don’t even know that fire is hot.

Wise men don’t need advice. Fools won’t take it.

When I was kidnapped, my parents snapped into action. They rented out my room.

Prayer is not an old woman’s idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.

The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there’s no risk of accident for someone who’s dead.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is solid.

The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced – the just demands of peace and security will be met – or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power.

Even though the risks of death are higher driving than flying, many people would rather drive simply because they feel they have more control driving. The facts are that only a few hundred people die a year flying, and 44,000 are killed a year driving.

When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.

Meditation is to get insight, to get understanding and compassion, and when you have them, you are compelled to act.

Well done is better than well said.

I won’t touch on risky, because that’s subjective. People are just afraid of things too much. Afraid of things that don’t necessarily merit fear.

To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.

Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them.