Quotes About Action and Initiative

There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.

I swore never to be silent whenever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

Action is the antidote to despair.

The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, ‘It might have been’.

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

You’ll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.

If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man.

Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.

The more often a man feels without acting, the less he’ll be able to act. And in the long run, the less he’ll be able to feel.