Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.
Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.
Climate change is such a huge issue that it requires strong, concerted, consistent and enduring action by governments.
Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.
Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.
Action expresses priorities.
If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying.
Have a bias toward action - let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.
A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.
Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.
A man is not good or bad for one action.
With devotion's visage and pious action we do sugar o'er the devil himself.
Movement should be a counter, whether in action scenes or dialogue or whatever. It counters where your eye is going. This style thing, for me it's all fitted to the action, to the script, to the characters.
Moving from chair to chair, from coffee machine to coffee machine is the limit of my action in most films. But I enjoy being cast in them because I love watching them.