Meaningful Action Quotes

Do nothing which is of no use.

Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.

Anything to make a difference and to seek consensus on an issue is something that I feel strongly about.

Like a fine flower, beautiful to look at but without scent, fine words are fruitless in a man who does not act in accordance with them.

Like a beautiful flower that is colorful but has no fragrance, even well spoken words bear no fruit in one who does not put them into practice.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

Mean doesn't last. Mean is over fast. Maybe this is the essence of everything, which is, to me, if there is no emotional center for what I'm doing, I have no interest in it at all.

You can't just sit around and make protest albums all your life; eventually it comes to the point where you have to do something.

Not alone to know, but to act according to thy knowledge, is thy destination,--proclaims the voice of my inmost soul. Not for indolent contemplation and study of thyself, nor for brooding over emotions of piety,--no, for action was existence given thee; thy actions, and thy actions alone, determine thy worth.

There's social media where people's politics are out there, they're forwarding articles and seem engaged, but it's only online. We tweet and pat ourselves on the back, thinking we have done something, said we're interested, but it needs more work.

Rallies, marches on Washington, protests, et al. are pointless if there is no action to make them mean something.

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.

It's very nice to be a rebel saying, 'I stand on my principles,' but if in fact that's not going to have any impact on the policy, it may be principled, but it doesn't deliver the better outcome that the country needs.

Truth must be told-and things must change! If words are not about real things and do not cause things to happen, what is the good of them?

While we would love to have no criticism, probably if we had no critique, we wouldn't be doing anything meaningful.

Everything must come from the heart, must be lived.

There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.

Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines. For those who play the game, an hour may be a year, a single day's work an achievement for eternity.

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.

Even voting for the right is doing nothing for it. It is only expressing to men feebly your desire that it should prevail. A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men.

Idealism without pragmatism is impotent. Pragmatism without idealism is meaningless. The key to effective leadership is pragmatic idealism.

Activity is not achievement. It is not enough to rush about beginning a lot of things and keeping busy. A well-spent life is one that rounds out what it has begun.

Songs won't save the planet, but neither will books or speeches.

Purpose is stronger than object.