C. S. Lewis Quotes

Any action is better than no action at all.

The future requires action and not mere conversation.

Planning is extremely important, but at some point you have to go out and do it.

...we need to stop plotting the course and instead just land the plane on our plans to make a difference by getting to the "do" part of faith.

To wish for change will change nothing; To make the decision to take action right now will change everything.

Don’t think about it. Do it. Don’t talk about it. Do it.

Any action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation for a long time. If it is a mistake, at least you learn something, in which case it's no longer a mistake. If you remain stuck, you learn nothing.

The important thing is that when you come to understand something you act on it, no matter how small that act is. Eventually it will take you where you need to go.

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.

Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.

These men are all talk; What is needed is action — action!

Change is realized by men who take the next step; not those who theorize about the 20th step.

You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.

Changes occur after taking practical steps, not by chanting slogans and giving speeches.

Stop asking, start doing.

Knowing is not enough! You must take action.

The hard part is implementing the decision, not making it.

The era of empty talk is over. Now is the time for action.

He had moved from thought to words, and now from words to actions.

It's not the dreaming, it's the doing.

talk was cheap and useless. Action was what mattered. And me, I was moving. Now, again, always.

Nothing is ever solved, or created, by standing still. Movement is the process of the Universe. So move. Do something. Anything. But do not stand still. Do not fence sit. Put your foot down on one side or the other, swing the opposite leg over and start walking. You'll know before you take ten steps if you're going in the right direction.

The real gap is between doing nothing and doing something.

So if you don't like your life, change it. How would you change it? You decide. There's no action without first decision. Decision is the mother or the father of action, and action is what changes your life.