Quotes on Action
We become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.
-- Aristotle, (4th century BC), Greek philosopher, in: Nicomachean Ethics
Action is the antidote to despair.
-- Joan Baez (1941- ), American singer and songwriter
A man's most open actions have their secret side to them.
-- Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), British novelist
The world can only be grasped by action, not contemplation... The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.
-- Jacob Bronowski (1908-74) in: The Ascent of Man
It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
-- Chinese proverb