action-driven Quotes

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

Successful people are action oriented.

Remember: Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations. Plot is observed after the fact rather than before. It cannot precede action. It is the chart that remains when an action is through. That is all Plot ever should be. It is human desire let run, running, and reaching a goal. It cannot be mechanical. It can only be dynamic.

'Jack Ryan' is a very fast-paced, very contemporary, very action-driven thriller.

I love finding balance. My favorite thing to do is action-driven, emotionally-charged scenes.

The main effect of a real revolution is perhaps that it sweeps away those who do not know how to wish, and brings to the front men with insatiable appetites for action, power and all that the world has to offer.

Some men are born committed to action: they do not have a choice, they have been thrown on a path, at the end of that path, an act awaits them, their act.

I want to be the team that creates the action more than be the reactor.

With action films, it's great if it's not just driven by action, but by a good story and interesting characters, as well. Though, there's nothin' like kicking butt!

My job is essentially just corralling more and more and more facts and information, and occasionally seeing whether that leads to some action.

Think about all the great leaders. Think about Obama. Think about Clinton. Think about Nelson Mandela. Think about all the people that we know who are very successful in business, in politics and religion. What are they? They tell purposeful stories. They move people to action by aiming at the heart.

Those of us who witness the degraded state of the environment and the suffering that comes with it cannot afford to be complacent. We continue to be restless. If we really carry the burden, we are driven to action. We cannot tire or give up. We owe it to the present and future generations of all species to rise up and walk!

When you take action, particularly bold action, the boundaries of what you believe to be possible (your belief system) expand. Which, in turn, gives you the capacity to consider new ideas, new possibilities, and new concepts that you previously thought to be impossible.

I don't have opinions. Only if it is necessary for a particular action, I make a judgment. Opinions are fetters for your intelligence.

The motivation is doing for doing, not [for] having done.

Story involves action. Action towards an end not to be foreseen (by the reader) but also towards an end which, having been reached, must be seen to have been from the start inevitable.

I think it's refreshing to have a character-driven 'Batman' story that isn't just about action and getting out of scrapes.

The goal is to provide inspiring information that moves people to action.

I let action rise out of character, really.

I don't endorse products, only actions and beliefs.

A warrior seeks to act rather than talk.

I have never cared too much what people say. What I am interested in is what they do.

Don't tell readers what to think. Let the action speak for itself.

The Americans are very effective and action-driven.

The individual's most vital need is to prove his worth, and this usually means an insatiable hunger for action. For it is only the few who can acquire a sense of worth by developing and employing their capacities and talents. The majority prove their worth by keeping busy.