Posts Tagged “do”

A committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing, but who, as a group, can meet and decide that nothing can be done.~ Fred A. Allen
Any time you got nothing to do–and lots of time to do it–come on up.~ Mae West
Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise. ~Alice Walker
I am a little deaf, a little blind, a little impotent, and on top of this are two or three abominable infirmities, but nothing destroys my hope. ~Voltaire
If the young knew and the old could, there is nothing that couldn’t be done.~ Traditional Proverb
I put a dollar in one of those change machines. Nothing changed. ~ George Carlin
It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little – do what you can. ~ Sydney Smith
It is the man who has done nothing that says nothing can be done.~ Author Unknown
It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing.~ Gertrude Stein
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It’s not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it’s when you’ve had everything to do, and you’ve done it. ~ Lord Acton
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little. ~ Edmund Burke
Nothing can be done except little by little.~ Charles Baudelaire
Nothing can be done quickly and prudently at the same time.~ Publilius Syrus
Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.~ Helen Keller
Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts. ~Jean Cocteau
Nothing is interesting if you’re not interested. ~Helen MacInness
Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.~ James Matthew Barrie
Nothing is so embarrassing as watching someone do something that you said couldn’t be done.~ Sam Ewing
Pile up too many tomorrows and you’ll find that you’ve collected nothing but a bunch of empty yesterdays. ~ The Music Man
The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed.~ Lloyd Jones
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it.~ Mary Wilson Little
There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly. ~ Publius Terentius Afer
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.~ Elbert Hubbard
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not. ~Dr. Seuss
We can do nothing without prayer. ~ E.M. Bounds
When I work I relax; doing nothing or entertaining visitors makes me tired. ~ Pablo Picasso
When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.~ Author Unknown
With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.~ Samuel Butler

• Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.~ Norman Vincent Peale
• A man’s action is only a picture book of his creed.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
• A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.~ John Galsworthy
• A man who has to be convinced to act before he acts is not a man of action. You must act as you breathe.~ Georges Clemenceau
• A real decision is measured by the fact that you’ve taken a new action. If there’s no action, you haven’t truly decided.~ Anthony Robbins
• A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all.~ Georges Bernanos
• Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.~ St. Jerome
• Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.~ Robert H. Schuller
• Commitment leads to action. Action brings your dream closer.~ Marcia Wieder
• Dance to the tune that is played.~ Spanish Proverb
• Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.~ Franklin D. Roosevel
• I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.~ Helen Keller
• The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.~ John Locke

Begin to weave and God will give the thread.

Do good and throw it into the sea — if it is not appreciated by an ungrateful man, it will be appreciated by God.

Don’t try to get blood from a locust; God didn’t put it in there.

God’s goal will be achieved when everyone is content with himself.

God bless him who pays visits — short visits.

God delays but doesn’t forget.

God doesn’t give more beards than soap.

God does not love those who have not suffered.

God does not pay every Saturday.

God does not pay weekly, but He pays at the end.

God gave us hands but He doesn’t build bridges with them.

God gives, but he doesn’t sell.

God gives all birds their food but does not drop it into their nests.

God gives but does not lock the gate.

God gives every bird his worm, but he does not throw it into the nest.

God gives nothing to those who keep their arms crossed.

God gives the nuts, but He does not crack them.

God grant us no neighbor with two eyes.

God who made the mouth will provide the food.

God has spared the naked man from washing his clothes with soap.

God heals, but the doctor gets paid.

God is a busy worker but loves to be helped.

God is always where we don’t look for him.

God is good, but not crazy.

God is not without sins: He created the world.

God knows what will happen to women who drink wine, girls that speak old languages, and suns that set too early.

God pardons the ignorant.

God postpones, he does not overlook.

God promises a safe landing but not a calm passage.

God will help a seaman in a storm but the pilot must still remain at the wheel.

God writes straight even on wavy lines.

Help yourself and God will help you.

He who doesn’t speak will get no help from God.

He who leaves his people will be left by God.

He who wants what God wants of him will lead a free and happy life.

If God were not forgiving, heaven would be empty.

If it were God’s will, you could shoot with a broom too.

If the devil is your godfather you will be welcome in hell.

If you light one candle for God, then you must light two for the devil.

If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people he gives it to.

Make do with bread and butter until God can bring you jam.

Man does what he can, God does what he will.

Once you have found your rhythm, you will then know your God.

Pray for revenge, and God will turn a deaf ear.

Some men wonder over God’s values, others over the cut of a garment.

Stand away from dwarfs, for it’s God who hit them on the head.

The God who gave us teeth will also give us bread.

The farmer hopes for rain, the walker hopes for sunshine, and the gods hesitate.

The opportunity that God sends does not wake up him who is asleep.

The plant God favors will grow even without rain.

True poverty does not come from God.

When God shuts one door, He opens another.

Who God does not teach, man cannot.

Why should I shave when God doesn’t?

When the thief has stolen from a thief, God laughs in heaven.

Action is eloquence. ~William Shakespeare

Action is the antidote to despair. ~Joan Baez

Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream. ~Oscar Wilde

Actions speak louder than words.~ English Proverb

Action will remove the doubts that theory cannot solve. ~Tehyi Hsieh

All know the way; few actually walk it. ~Bodhidharma

All problems become smaller if you don’t dodge them but confront them. ~ William F. Halsey

An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied. ~Arnold Glasow

A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. ~Arabian Proverb

As I grow older I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. ~Andrew Carnegie

Be content to act, and leave the talking to others. ~ Baltasar Gracian

Between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is worn out. ~Italian Proverb

For the sake of one good action, a hundred evil ones should be forgotten.~ Chinese Proverb

He liked to go from A to B without inventing letters between. ~John McPhee

He that waits upon fortune is never sure of a dinner. ~ Benjamin Franklin

If your work speaks for itself, don’t interrupt. ~ Henry J. Kaiser

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. ~John Locke

Innocent actions carry their warrant with them.~ English Proverb

In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action. ~Brendan Francis

Men expect too much, do too little. ~Allen Tate

Never mistake motion for action. ~Ernest Hemingway

Never repent a good action.~ Danish Proverb

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. ~ James Baldwin

Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action. ~ Walter Anderson

One’s action ought to come out of an achieved stillness: not to be a mere rushing on. ~D.H. Lawrence

People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do. ~ Lewis Cass

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned. ~Peter Marshall

Success will never be a big step in the future, success is a small step taken just now. ~Jonatan Mårtensson

Talk doesn’t cook rice. ~ Chinese Proverb

The best way out of a problem is through it. ~Author Unknown

The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb

There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today. ~Mignon McLaughlin

The shortest answer is doing. ~Lord Herbert

The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps – we must step up the stairs. ~Vance Havner

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement. ~Alfred Adler

We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts. ~Harold Nicolson

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once. ~Calvin Coolidge

Well done is better than well said. ~Benjamin Franklin

We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action. ~Frank Tibolt

When deeds speak, words are nothing. ~African Proverb