#action

There are three principles in a man's being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The origin of all conflict between me and my fellow-men is that I do not say what I mean and I don't do what I say. ↗

— Martin Buber

#being #between #conflict #fellow-men #i

I get satisfaction of three kinds. One is creating something, one is being paid for it and one is the feeling that I haven't just been sitting on my ass all afternoon. ↗

— William F. Buckley, Jr.

#ass #been #being #creating #feeling

There are actors who spend 20 years working and still don't achieve what I've achieved so quickly. So I think my only course of action is to work as hard as I can, not just for the sake of the film, but also to prove to these people that I do have talent. ↗

— Zhang Ziyi

#achieved #action #also #course #film

It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of "culture." ↗

— John Cage

#better #culture #distraction #entertainment #listen

It's better to be hurt by the truth than to gain satisfaction from the lies. ↗

— David Allan

#gain #hurt #lies #satisfaction #than

You can hardly judge women's effect on politics merely from the action of individual women officeholders. ↗

— Florence E. Allen

#effect #hardly #individual #judge #merely

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#alone #doubt #ended #kind #whatever

The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of the noblest. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#end #man #noblest #though #thought

Without action, we are going to continue to allow Iran to be a safe harbor for terrorists, see its economy further deteriorate, and see the Middle East further destabilize. ↗

— Russ Carnahan

#allow #continue #deteriorate #east #economy

The gods behold all righteous actions. ↗

— Ovid

#behold #gods #righteous