There are two kinds of people who never amount too much: those who cannot do what they are told, and those who can do nothing else.

Quote by Cyrus Curtis

Topics: Action Quotes

Men expect too much, do too little.

Men expect too much, do too little.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

The shortest answer is doing.

The shortest answer is doing.

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just...

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just...

Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation ... even so does inaction...

Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation ... even so does inaction...

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

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

We cannot think first and act afterward. From the moment of birth we are immersed...

We cannot think first and act afterward. From the moment of birth we are immersed...

Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.

Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.

Good will, like a good name, is got by many actions, and lost by one

Good will, like a good name, is got by many actions, and lost by one

Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.

Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.

Postpone not a good action

Postpone not a good action

We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always...

We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always...

The purpose of man is in action, not thought.

The purpose of man is in action, not thought.

Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.

Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust...

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust...

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also...

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also...

By far the most dangerous foe we have to fight is apathy - indifference from...

By far the most dangerous foe we have to fight is apathy - indifference from...

I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn...

I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn...