Action disconcerts us, partly because of our physical incompetence, but mainly because it offends our moral sensibility. We consider it immoral to act. It seems to us that every thought is debased when expressed in words, which transform the thought into the property of others, making it understandable to anyone who can understand it.

— Fernando Pessoa

Action expresses priorities.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Action gives a decision power and finality.

— Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

Action has meaning only in relationship, and without understanding relationship, action on any level will only breed conflict. The understanding of relationship is infinitely more important than the search for any plan of action.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Action is always superior to speech in the Gospels, which is why the Word became flesh and not newsprint.

— Colin M. Morris

Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions.

— Joseph Conrad

Action is eloquence.

— William Shakespeare

Action is the activity of the rational soul, which abhors irrationality and must combat it or be corrupted by it. When it sees the irrationality of others, it must seek to correct it, and can do this either by teaching or engaging in public affairs itself, correcting through its practice. And the purpose of action is to enable philosophy to continue, for if men are reduced to the material alone, they become no more than beasts.

— Iain Pears

Action is the bridge between thought and reality.

— Richie Norton

Action is the ink that writes what you think on the pages of life!

— Constance Chuks Friday