Robert J. Ringer Quotes

When the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.

To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.

That's how you live. You participate. You take risks.

There is a difference between bold leadership and nibbling around the edges.

It needs courage to throw oneself forward, but it needs no less to hold oneself back.

… there is no more exhilarating experience than to determine one's position, state it bravely and then act boldly

It's very difficult to pretend you're throwing a car.

In order to do something really good, you have to take risks - that's what I do.

Sometimes you have to shield, and sometimes you have to press.

You only miss many chances when you create many chances.

Action is a universal language, so everyone understands a punch and a kick.

For this the Gospel offers us a serene way forward: using the three languages of the mind, heart and hands - and to use them in harmony. What you think, you must feel and put into effect. Your information comes down to your heart and you put it into practice. Harmoniously. What you think, you feel, and you do. Feel what you think and feel what you do. Do what you think and what you feel. The three languagesTo think. To feel. To do. And all in harmony.

If you want swashbuckling action in your life, become an entrepreneur and give it a go.

When I'm out there, I don't think about anything. I just grip it and rip it. I don't like to worry about technique.

O admirable necessity! O powerful action! What mind can penetrate your nature? What language can express this marvel? None, to be sure. This is where human discourse turns toward the contemplation of the divine.

There are a lot of talkers in the world. There are a lot of people who know what’s right and what’s powerful, yet still aren’t producing the results they desire. It’s not enough to talk the talk. You’ve got to walk the talk

Any momentary triumph you think you have gained through argument is really a Pyrrhic victory. The resentment and ill will you stir up is stronger and lasts longer than any momentary change of opinion. It is much more powerful to get others to agree with you through your actions, without saying a word. Demonstrate, do not explicate.

... all things are possible if you are willing to put yourself on the line. You cannot stand back and hope for the best. You have to act.

He who thinks he leads, but has no followers, is only taking a walk.

The man of thought who will not act is ineffective; the man of action who will not think is dangerous.

What you do makes you better at what you think. What you think makes you more effective at what you do.

A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of action. It is as if a tennis player before returning a ball stopped to think about his views of the physical and mental advantages of tennis. You must act as you breathe.

To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.

Your words will tell others what you think. Your actions will tell them what you believe.

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little.