One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.

Quote by Ann Radcliffe

Topics: Action Quotes

Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.

Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.

Never confuse activity with action

Never confuse activity with action

You're more likely to act yourself into feeling than feel yourself into action. So act!...

You're more likely to act yourself into feeling than feel yourself into action. So act!...

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

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

Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but...

Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but...

Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious...

Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious...

Big words seldom accompany good deeds

Big words seldom accompany good deeds

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experience.

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experience.

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the...

While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the...

Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both

Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both

The first step binds one to the second.

The first step binds one to the second.

The feminist movement has helped open minds and kitchens to the notion that men can...

The feminist movement has helped open minds and kitchens to the notion that men can...

Speech is the image of actions

Speech is the image of actions

Words should be used as tools of communication and not as a substitute for action

Words should be used as tools of communication and not as a substitute for action

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action

The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action