Instant Action Quotes

The point of power is always in the present moment.

Even though the future seems far away, it is actually beginning right now.

The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation.

How wonderful it is that we can start doing good at this very moment.

The Red Cross in its nature, it aims and purposes, and consequently, its methods, is unlike any other organization in the country.It is an organization of physical action, of instantaneous action, at the spur of the moment; it cannot await the ordinary deliberation of organized bodies if it would be of use to suffering humanity,[ellipsis in original] it has by its nature a field of its own.

I want to be in the studio. I want to be doing something. You just do whatever is at hand, and you don't even worry about whether it's going to be interesting or not interesting to anybody else-or even yourself. You just have to make something.

I think my mother, more than anyone, knew the importance of inspiration. If it was occurring, you had to use it.

I don't really manage my time. I really just wait until I'm inspired to do something. And when I'm inspired to do something, it just happens.

Our arms must be mighty ... ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction

Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience.

One of the most serious human defects in all ages is procrastination, an unwillingness to accept personal responsibilities now.