George Orwell Quotes

Thought is the parent of the deed.

Enough had been thought, and said, and felt, and imagined. It was about time that something should be done.

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.

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

You always intend to do this and that, but then you have to go out and do it on the pitch.

...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.

Knowing is not enough! You must take action.

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

A lot can change between planning something and actually doing it. But maybe all that really matters is that anything is different at all.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans.

Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile.

Basically, managing is about influencing action. Managing is about helping organizations and units to get things done, which means action. Sometimes, managers manage actions directly. They fight fires. They manage projects. They negotiate contracts.

If you are going to ask yourself life-changing questions, be sure to do something with the answers.

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

A leader is the one who can outline the broad vision and the direction, and say here's where we are going to go, here's why we need to go there, and here's how we are going to get there. A manager is the one who actually gets up under the hood and tunes the carburetor.

I know what to do and I go and execute.

The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.

Thinking is easy; action is difficult; to act in accordance with one’s thought is the most difficult thing in the world.

Ideas do not count for much unless they change the lives of men.

One of the reasons that change takes place is that the people who produce it believe change can take place.

You’ve got to start somewhere in order to get somewhere.

Ideas lead to actions.