Thursday, September 6, 2012

ACTION (INACTION)

"You must learn to translate wisdom and strong feelings into labor." –Jim Rohn

"...inspiration is easy, implementation is the hard part." -Bob Taylor

“He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything.”  –Samuel Johnson

"The essential thing is action. Action has three stages; the decision born of thought, the order or preparation for execution, and the execution itself. All three staged are governed by the will. the will is rooted in character, and for the man of action, character is of more critical importance than intellect. Intellect without will is worthless, will without intellect is dangerous." -Hans von Seekt
“A leader may be the most knowledgeable person in the world, but if the players on his team cannot translate that knowledge into action, it means nothing.  In other words, it’s not what I know, it’s what they do on the court that really matters.” –Mike Krzyzewski

"Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work." –Peter Drucker

“It’s the self-starter in each of us that’s really important. I don’t think you can count on somebody else to motivate you to do something. You have to want to do it personally, and you have to provide that energy. It’s unrealistic and unfair to expect someone else to push you in a positive direction. So you better pick out something you really like to do, because you will have to be your own driving force.” -Bill Belichick

"Don't mistake movement for achievement.” –John Wooden

“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside of us while we live.”   -Norman Cousins

"Do the next right thing right." -Coach Don Meyer

“The world doesn't pay you for what you know; it pays you for what you do. There's an enduring axiom of success that says, ‘The universe rewards action.’"-Jack Canfield

“We consistently look to do more than our share and more than what’s expected.” –Dick Devenzio

"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do." -Bruce Lee
"Always to more than is required." –George S. Patton

"The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch." –Jim Rohn

“To see far is one thing; going there is another.” -Constantin Brancusi


"The biggest sin is sitting on your ass." -Florynce R. Kenndy

"Inaction, contrary for its reputation as being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable." -Madeline Kuhn

"The most ominous of fallacies--the belief that things can be kept static by inaction." -Freyda Stark
"There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today." -Mignon McLaughlin

"What you don't do can be a destructive force." -Eleanor Roosevelt

"So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic effects, that too little attention is paid to the passive sins, such as apathy and laziness, which in the long run can have a more devastating and destructive effect upon our society than the others." -Eleanor Roosevelt


"Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it." - Tom Landry