"A fallow field is a sin." ~ John Steinbeck
So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the necessity of doing something. ~ Samuel Johnson
Only dead fish swim with the stream all the time. ~ Linda Ellerbee, Take Big Bites
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson, Ulysses
Saying is one thing and doing is another. ~ Michel de Montaigne, Essays
You can commit no greater folly than to sit by the roadside until someone comes along and invites you to ride with him to wealth or influence. ~ John B. Gough
We are born to action; and whatever is capable of suggesting and guiding action has power over us from the first. ~ Charles Horton Cooley
The path to success is to take massive, determined action. ~ Anthony Robbins
Action is the last refuge of those who cannot dream. ~ Oscar Wilde
Action is the only reality; not only reality but morality as well. ~ Abbie Hoffman
Action is the real measure of intelligence. ~ Napoleon Hill
Action makes more fortunes than caution. ~ Marquis de Vauvenargues
Action must immediately follow a decision. That action probably won’t get you to your goal. But if it triggers a targeted course of action, you’ve moved from dreaming to doing. ~ Conrad Hilton
Action on the move creates its own route, creates to a very great extent the conditions under which it is to be fulfilled and thus baffles all calculation. ~ Henri Bergson
Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together. ~ William James, The Heart of William James
Action without study is fatal. Study without action is futile. ~ Mary Beard
