Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into action. Thomas Carlyle
Did you ever consider the consequence of your actions? You gave me life then left me to die. Who am I? Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein 1994 starring Robert deNiro & Kenneth Branagh & Helena Bonham Carter & Ian Holm & Rory Jennings & Tom Hulce & John Cleese & Aidan Quinn & Richard Briers & Robert Hardy & Christina Cutall & Celia Imrie & Cherie Lunghi & Charles Wyn-Davies & Richard Bonneville et al, director Kenneth Branagh
Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total; of all those acts will be written the history of this generation. Robert Kennedy
Only the actions of the just
Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust. James Shirley, The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses
We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions. Ronald Reagan
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. John Quincy Adams
Never mistake motion for action. Ernest Hemingway
Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big. Theodore Roosevelt
It’s not the sentiments of men which make history but their actions. Norman Mailer
Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul. Edward Abbey
What the matchgirls did next. In July 1888 1,400 women and girls walked out through the gates of the Bryant and May match factory here in Bow East London. Amanda Vickery, Suffragettes: Forever! The Story of Women and Power II, BBC 2015
Just what could be achieved with direct action: a new type of political protest was born. Banner: National Federation of Women Workers. ibid.
It’s actions that set the great ones apart, Margaret. The Long Walk to Finchley, starring Andrea Riseborough & Samuel West & Rory Kinnear & Philip Jackson & Julia Joyce & Michael Selwood & Geoffrey Palmer et al, BBC 2008
It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre
It we only look far enough off for the consequences of our actions, we can always find some point in the combination of results by which those actions can be justified: by adopting the point of view of Providence who arranges results, or of a philosopher who traces them, we shall find it possible to obtain perfect complacency in choosing to do what is most agreeable to us in the present moment. George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. Confucius
There are no decisions that have been taken about military action. Tony Blair, 16th July 2002
What is important is that whatever action we take, should we take action, is in accordance with international law. Tony Blair, 25th July 2002
They believed in collective living and collective action. Lefties I: Property is Theft, BBC 2017
I decided to act and act boldly. George Bush, cited The 2000s: The Platinum Age of Television VI, television news, Sky Arts 2018
‘Failure to act now will turn crisis into catastrophe.’ Barack Obama, cited The 2000s: The Platinum Age of Television VII
54,012. There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. I Samuel 2:2&3
My husband – I think he has committed horrible acts. The Sopranos s1e5: College, Carmela’s confession, HBO 1999