Wise Words
Action
“It is easy to sit up and take notice. What is difficult is getting up and taking action.”
Al Batt, Writer, Humorist, & Speaker
“We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.”
Aneurin Bevan, aka Nye Bevan, (1897–1960), Welsh politician
“Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, (1906–1945), German Lutheran pastor
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
Edmund Burke, (1729–1797), Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist, & philosopher
“The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.”
Nolan Bushnell, American engineer & entrepreneur
“Well done, is better than well said.”
Benjamin Franklin, (1706–1790), author, printer, politician, scientist, statesman, & diplomat
“Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.”
Benjamin Franklin, (1706–1790), author, printer, politician, scientist, statesman, & diplomat
“Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.”
Andrew Jackson, (1767–1845), 7th President of the US
“The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.”
Carl Sandburg, (1878–1967), American writer, poet, & editor
“I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren’t enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.”
W. Clement Stone, (1902–2002), businessman, philanthropist, & self-help book author
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