Top 1200 Action And Change Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.

It is remarkable how a seemingly insignificant action or event can change entire lives.

I think making a great action movie is one of the hardest cinematic endeavors. By definition, smart characters avoid action. Smart people don't go down dark alleys, but if you're making an action movie and you want to have an action sequence, somehow you have to get that character into that dangerous situation.

Do not wait for a change of environment before you act. Cause a change of environment through action. You can act upon your present environment so as to cause yourself to be transferred to a better environment.

We do agree that our country must take action to address climate change.

By the time it becomes obvious that a technology will have truly disruptive impact, it is often too late to take action. This is one reason why we are such advocates of using theory to try to analyze industry change. Conclusive evidence that proves that a company needs to take action almost never exists. In fact, the data can fool management, lulling them into a false sense of security.

Learning is defined as a change in behavior. You haven't learned a thing until you take action and use it.

You are not bound. You have got free will. You cannot change the experiences, the results of Prarabdha but you can change your future by right thinking and right action and thus make your will pure and irresistible. You can attain Self-realisatio n with the help of a dynamic will.

I love action films. I'd love to do an action drama. I'm always looking to give my character something action-oriented to do.

Not every action requires military action. As a matter of fact, military action is the very last resort for us.

When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action. When you desire a consequence you had damned well better take the action that would create it.

Complaining will not change things in your life; only action will. Make a list of all you need to do to change what doesn't work in your life and, little by little, begin making those changes.

That and when you're doing live action you don't normally get to see the thing before it's in production. In this case we'd go in every couple weeks and look at animatic and sketches. The way they do it - is they'll put it up on a screen and the storyboard artist who worked on that sequence will talk you through it. Kind of like a pitch session. Then they would leave and we would sit there with the directors and say 'Alright - what if we change that? What if we do that?' It's very different from live action.

Getting political representation is important, but change comes through using direct action, campaigning, and trade unions.

The trouble with most therapy is that it helps you feel better. But you don't get better. You have to back it up with action, action, action.

In a time of rapid change, standing still is the most dangerous course of action.

Climate change is such a huge issue that it requires strong, concerted, consistent and enduring action by governments.

Action is only really compelling when it reveals character - character revealed through action, and not action for its own sake.

Be aware of the big difference between inspired action and activity. Activity comes from the brain-mind and is rooted in disbelief and lack of faith - you are taking action to “make” your desire happen. Inspired action is allowing the law to work through you and to move you. Activity feels hard. Inspired action feels wonderful.

Most of us are reflecting life and not affecting it. Your inner speech mirrors your mind, and your mind mirrors God. If you do not change your thoughts, you haven't changed their activity. And if you do not change their activity, the conditions of your life cannot change, for they are only bearing witness to the inner action of your mind.

I believe that through positive thoughts, speech, action and attitudes, we change things for the better.

They're called 'action scenes' because they do the acting for you. You don't have to act in action scenes. The action does it all for you. It's great.

what are you looking for? There is no Truth. There's only action, action obeying a million different impulses, ephemeral action, action subjected to every possible and imaginable contingency and contradiction, Life. Life is crime, theft, jealousy, hunger, lies, disgust,stupidity, sickness, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, piles of corpses. what can you do about it, my poor friend?

Apologies are great, but they don't really change anything. You know what does? Action.

We're mathematically past the point where the accumulation of individual actions can add up quickly enough to make a difference. The individual action that actually matters is not being an individual. It's joining together with other people in groups large enough to change the political dynamic around climate change.

Words must be matched by action if change is to become lasting.

Galvanised into action by the second trial, I was determined to change Britain's archaic sex laws.

The most positive action we can take about the past is to change our perception of it.

High performance people take action quickly and change their mind slowly!

I still don't understand why the tag of 'action hero' follows me. My films have all these elements - romance, action and comedy. None of the fight sequences of my character is an act of randomness. There's a reason to action in my films.

I believe that if something is troubling you, simply start from where you are and take the action necessary to change it.

Words don't change children's lives. Real action by the government and equality would.

There is still time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, if we take strong action now.

We are building a special capability at Schering-Plough to respond to these and other challenges with innovation, speed and flexibility. We aspire to continue being the company delivering the most positive change of any in our peer group, as we work to deliver our Turnaround and advance our six- to eight-year Action Agenda for transformational change.

I'm always trying to change things - change my character, change my look, change my hair, change my facial hair, change my costumes, or implement different jackets or catchphrases. I try to keep myself fresh.

You have been created with the ability to change the world. Every single choice you make ... every single action you take ... matters. But remember, the converse is also true. Every choice you do not make ... every action you do not take ... matters just as much.

When you truly desire change, your conscious mind chooses the positive, new action.

In the Bhagavad-Gita Krishna says: Arjuna you cannot avoid action. Everyone is stuck in the world of action. The world of action is forever.

In 2013, I dedicated myself full-time to combating the very real impacts of climate change. Working across the country, NextGen Climate Action formed new coalitions and worked hard to make climate change a part of our national conversation - and across the country, we had a big impact.

It's always irritated me that people say, 'Where's the action? Oh wow, there's no action here; let's go somewhere else.' These people will never find the action.

For many years now, ExxonMobil has held the view that the risks of climate change are serious and do warrant action.

We're now moving into a stage where the green economy isn't just going to be the place for people to spend money. It's going to become a place where a lot more people can earn money, and also save more money. These kind of solutions require collective action and government action. So as an advocate for government change, even somebody like me gets to have a role.

I hear people who are worried about climate change tell me, oh, Congress that's gridlock, that's not where the action is.

Change quotes were meant to move us from inaction to action.

The problem of life is to change worry into thinking and anxiety into creative action.

We have only to change the point of view and the greatest action looks mean.

I feel Vidyut is a next-gen action hero who is extremely professional and a hard worker. I think he is the most sought after action king, because I really loved the kind of action he has done.

The audience always looks for a change. After a spate of action, and romance, now they want to laugh.

Violence of action, as we call it in the Spec Ops community, will often change the odds in your favor.

I cannot take back one word or action; the past does not change for anyone.

[Tom] Steyer is specifically spending money on candidates who will take action against climate change.

I do have more directorial control over animation, because it's like trial and error: If something doesn't work, you can always go back and change certain things. Whereas in live action, every day is a challenge, and you have to make decisions on an hourly basis. So in live action I have more freedom as a director, but in animation, I have more control over the final product.

My experience as energy and climate change secretary - in the months I spent battling George Osborne over the budget for investment in low carbon, and in the daily attrition with Eric Pickles over onshore wind - was that many Conservatives simply regard their commitment to climate change action as something they had to say to get into power.

Curiosity’s primal. Our senses scan our surroundings, alerting us most urgently about sudden change. Useful, that. Change can mean opportunity. It can mean danger. Finding lunch or being lunch. We’re hard-wired to notice the unexpected, then take action.

The way to change the world is through individual responsibility and taking local action in your own community.

Every change begins with a vision and a decision to take action.

I have spent most of my time worrying about things that have never happened. Worrying is not an action! In fact, it is action that alleviates concern and dissipates worries. Take more actions when you feel that worry is creeping in to steal your time. It need not be a huge action, any action in the direction you want to go will do.

Unless we take action on climate change, future generations will be roasted, toasted, fried and grilled.

The path to big, systemic change is collective action. That takes Sister Courage.

In life most of us are highly skilled at suppressing action. Bad improvisers block action often with a high degree of skill. Good improvisers develop action.