Paul Tournier Quotes

Never has there been a map, however carefully executed to detail and scale, which has carried its owner over even one inch of ground. Never has there been a parchment of law, however fair, which prevented one crime. Never has there been a scroll, even such as the one I hold, which so much as a penny or produced a single word of acclamation. Action, alone, is the tinder which ignites the map, the parchment, this scroll, my plans, my goals, into a living force. Action is the food and drink which will nourish my success. I will act now.

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

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.

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

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

Ideas won't keep; something must be done about them.

Ideas lead to actions.

If you have an idea, immediately move on it. To start that fire and get it burning immediately...it's everything.

Stop asking, start doing.

Knowing is not enough! You must take action.

A brilliant idea without action is like Mark McGwire playing baseball without a bat.

It's not just about hope and ideas. It's about action.

The world's not going to wait for you. If you have an idea, put some effort behind it and get it out there.

Ideas have significance for him only as a prelude to action.

An idea is worthless unless you use it.

The value of a good idea is in using it.

The safest thing is always to try to convert everything that is in us and around us into action; let the others talk and argue about it as they please.

A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting.

The secret of getting things done is to act!

A revolutionary idea is usually one with its sleeves rolled up.

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

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

The world is full of people who say, 'But I had that idea first,' but did they do anything about it? Nope, they sat on their bum dreaming.

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.

The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do.