A thought can prompt. Words can stir. But it takes action to attain a dream.

— Richelle E. Goodrich

A thought enters your brain and lasts an average of five seconds. The only way to keep it is to grab hold of it and claim it. The same applies to dreams. We forget most of our dreams because we never take the actions needed to make them our own.

— Toni Sorenson

At length, when I considered it, I realized that the best of my actions were small things. Picking flowers and cooking food for my mother when she had been unwell, spending an afternoon with the children, sending money to my sister or kissing Henry’s tiny head as he slept in the nursery before I left. I thought of every detail and afterward I felt better. Hellfire and brimstone have never appealed to me and I admit I become easily confused thinking of right and wrong. But I do understand kindness.

— Sara Sheridan

At the Day of Judgement we shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done.

— Thomas à Kempis

Avoid letting circumstances control your decisions and dictate your actions, thereby controlling your life.

— Steven Redhead

A warrior doesn’t worry. He or she evaluates the situation, investigates the source, calculates the risks and benefits, formulates a plan then puts it into action.

— Shannon L. Alder

Be a poet in action as well as in words.

— Marty Rubin

Bear it in mind that people who do not take actions are not and cannot be leaders. Leadership is action.

— Israelmore Ayivor

Beauty, coveted though it was, could not outlive you. Only actions would.

— Roshani Chokshi

Because between doing something and doing nothing, this is all I can do.

— Félix J. Palma