Kwame Nkrumah Quotes

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.

Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.

What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.

One's action ought to come out of an achieved stillness: not to be a mere rushing on.

I would say act like a man of thought and think like a man of action.

Everything that I decide to do means something, otherwise I don't do them.

Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.

There are few who have at once thought and capacity for action. Thought expands, but lames; action animates, but narrows.

The man of thought who will not act is ineffective; the man of action who will not think is dangerous.

Faith moves mountains, but only knowledge moves them to the right place.

Contemplation must bring forth right action in order to permit further growth.

The greatest choice we have is to think before we act and then take action toward our life goals every day. Our problems result not only from our lack of action, but from our action without thought.

We shall make progress towards Swaraj only if we do everything thoughtfully and with understanding.

Let no act be done without purpose.

Some Christians need encouragement to think before they act. Others need encouragement to act after they think.

Human action is purposeful behavior.

We are so anxious to achieve some particular end that we never pay attention to the psycho-physical means whereby that end is to be gained. So far as we are concerned, any old means is good enough. But the nature of the universe is such that ends can never justify the means. On the contrary, the means always determine the end.

Thought and theory must precede all action, that moves to salutary purposes. Yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.

Let us distinguish between acting intentionally and acting deliberately or on purpose, as far as this can be done by attending to what language can teach us.

Thought expands, but paralyzes; action animates, but narrows.

The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.

Reason and action are congeneric and homogenous, two aspects of the same phenomenon.

Never act without purpose and resolve, or without the means to finish the job.

While some of us act without thinking, too many of us think without acting.

Everything is exactly as it is for a reason. The crumb on your table is no mystical reminder of this morning's cookie, it is there because you have chosen not to remove it. No exceptions.