Action Quotes

“Ideas are cheap. It's what you do with them that counts.”

“But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.”

“In the long run, there is no more liberating, no more exhilarating experience than to determine one's position, state it bravely, and then act upon it.”

“There is no love, there is only proof of love.”

“It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.”

“It doesn't matter what you know, it matters what you do.”

“To be a photographer, one must photograph. No amount of book learning, no checklist of seminars attended, can substitute for the simple act of making pictures.”

“Knowing what to do is the easy part. Doing it is the hard part.”

“I've always been a believer in 'Don't just talk about it, do it.'”

“If you're not in the parade, you watch the parade. That's life.”

“The value of an idea lies in the using of it.”

“If you worry about who is going to get the credit, you don't get much work done.”

“Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.”

“Every problem is a call to a choice.”

“A mad, keen photographer needs to get out into the world and work and make pictures.”

“Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.”

“The problems are plainly visible. The solutions are known. We just need to have the courage to act.”

“Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence and thereby eventually lose all ability to defend ourselves and those we love.”

“Too many people have stood on the sidelines, muffled in their coats, when they should have been stripped to the waist and fighting.”

“All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.”