We live immersed in narrative, recounting and reassessing the meaning of our past actions, anticipating the outcome of our future projects, situating ourselves at the intersection of several stories not yet completed.

Quote by Peter Brooks

Topics: Action Quotes

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

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

Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.

Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.

Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.

Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.

Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect.

Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect.

Action will remove the doubts that theory cannot solve.

Action will remove the doubts that theory cannot solve.

Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All...

Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All...

We would often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the...

We would often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the...

He liked to go from A to B without inventing letters between.

He liked to go from A to B without inventing letters between.

Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.

Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle....

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle....

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the...

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the...

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

Doubt can only be removed by action.

Doubt can only be removed by action.

Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are...

Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are...

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If...

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If...

Emotion turning back on itself, and not leading on to thought or action, is the...

Emotion turning back on itself, and not leading on to thought or action, is the...

The world is filled with willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to...

The world is filled with willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to...