Quotes about taking action

The man who does nothing also takes a risk.

What a man can do and what he will do are two different things.

Sometimes the best thing you can do is nothing.

You don’t win by getting through all your life not having done anything.

I don’t say half I mean. I can’t. I haven’t got the gift. There are talkers enough among us; I’ll be one of the doers.

To know and not to act is not to know.

The place where you suffer is the same space where you commit yourself to act.

Every active deed is etched in the matrix of passivity.

I believe our only hope of immortality lies in our actions, in what we do to and for others, and in our children.

Evil will never be countered while good men do nothing.

I don't pray, Master Ring. I act.

It is surprising how refreshing this feels. Being judged by what you do, and not what you are.