Pico Iyer Quotes

It's not about me, it's about the grandkids. That's what a lot of people don't understand about what Herman is up to.

The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

The point is to explore whatever may be helpful for thinking, understanding, and acting responsibly over long periods of time.

I came to this office to solve problems, and not pass them on to future Presidents and future generations.

Think beyond your lifetime if you want to accomplish something truly worthwhile.

The ultimate test of a man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.

A plan without action is not a plan. It's a speech.

Listen carefully to me. Despite popular belief to the contrary, there is absolutely no power in intention...There is no difference in the person who intends to do things differently and the one who never thinks about it in the first place. Have you ever considered how often we judge ourselves by out intentions while we judge others by their actions? Yet intention without action is an insult to those who expect the best from you.

If we continue to approach problems from the perspective of temporary expediency, future generations will face tremendous difficulties.

Knowledge is potential; action is power.

Thought is the soul of act.

You cannot live without doing something.

It is not enough to want to make the effort and to say we'll make the effort. We must actually make the effort. It's in the doing, not just the thinking, that we accomplish our goals. If we constantly put our goals off, we will never see them fulfilled. Someone put it this way: Live only for tomorrow, and you will have a lot of empty yesterdays today.

People say, "I wish I had more motivation today, because then I would try something." But our thinking is backward. The way our brain works is that dopamine - the so-called feel-good chemical - is released the second we actually do something. So the motivation doesn't come before, it comes after.

What holds attention determines action.

The more you are motivated by Love, The more Fearless & Free your action will be.

What I have done is packaged the time-honored information into a process that is doable and has inspired millions to act on it.

Dreams can come true, but you have to go for it.

In all common ordinary cases, we see intuitively at first view what is out duty, what is the honest part. This is the ground of the observation, that the first thought is often the best. In these cases, doubt and deliberation is itself dishonesty; as it was in Balaam upon the second message.

He does much who loves much.

Doing your best is taking the action because you love it, not because you're expecting a reward. Most people do the exact opposite: They only take action when they expect a reward, and they don't enjoy the action. And that's the reason why they don't do their best.

Lord, if what I'm doing is wrong, then by all means strike me down. Otherwise set me free.

The gesture is the thing truly expressive of the individual - as we think so will we act.

A man's intentions should be allowed in some respects to plead for his actions.

Cut your excuses in half and double your actions around your goals.