action

301.

Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

- Saying, Zen

302.

He who considers too much will perform little.

- Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

303.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

- Schmidt, Helmut

304.

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

- Schopenhauer, Arthur

305.

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

- Schopenhauer, Arthur

306.

Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.

- Schuller, Robert H.

307.

I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.

- Schuller, Robert H.

308.

Winning starts with beginning.

- Schuller, Robert H.

309.

You will never win if you never begin.

- Schuller, Robert H.

310.

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

- Schwarzkopf, Norman

311.

Those old faces, in Pasadena, California, and Tucson, Arizona, and Dallas, crumpling in hatred and fear at the mention of the United Nations or those liberals in government who constitute for them the fifth column of communism, yearn for an America that is as far from the society of the present as is the extended family system in village India.

- Segal, Ronald

312.

The view only changes for the lead dog.

- Sergeant Preston of The Yukon

313.

If it were done when 'tis done, then t'were well. It were done quickly.

- Shakespeare, William

314.

Suit the action to the world, the world to the action, with this special observance, that you overstep not the modesty of nature.

- Shakespeare, William

315.

Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing.

- Shakespeare, William

316.

Doing is a quantum leap from imagining. Thinking about swimming isn't much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the water can take your breath away. The defense force inside of us wants us to be cautious, to stay away from anything as intense as a new kind of action. Its job is to protect us, and it categorically avoids anything resembling danger. But it's often wrong. Anything worth doing is worth doing too soon.

- Sher, Barbara

317.

You don't have to get it right the first time.

- Sher, Barbara

318.

Only the actions of the just smell sweet and blossom in the dust.

- Shirley, James

319.

The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.

- Smiles, Samuel

320.

Begin somewhere: you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

- Smith, Liz