“Criticism is necessary and useful; it is often indispensable; but it can never take the place of action, or be even a poor substitute for it. The function of the mere critic is of very subordinate usefulness. It is the doer of deeds who actually counts in the battle for life, and not the man who looks on and says how the fight ought to be fought, without himself sharing the stress and the danger.” MenLooksActionFightingPoorDangerHe ManOughtBattleCriticismFunctionStressMereCriticsDeedsSubstitutesIndispensableUsefulnessSubordinatesDoers Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“A life without an objective is much like a ship at sea with no port in mind. It drifts with the waves or storms, or with the whim of the captain. They are tempted to ask, amidst the battles of life, "Is the struggle worth-while?" That attitude lessens the joy of living. They who say that there is no purpose in life are not unhappy, but become dangerous to themselves and others, for they have no safe guide for their actions. Indeed, life has not objective save physical satisfactions, it is empty and valueless.” MindActionLife IsJoyPurposeAsksAttitudeStruggleSeaDangerousBattleSafeEmptyWaveSatisfactionStormGuidesUnhappyObjectivesShipsPurpose Of LifeCaptainsTemptedPortWhimJoy Of LivingShips At SeaValuelessBattle Of Life Author:John Andreas Widtsoe
“The good devout man first makes inner preparation for the actions he has later to perform. His outward actions do not draw him into lust and vice; rather it is he who bends them into the shape of reason and right judgement. Who has a stiffer battle to fight than the man who is striving to conquer himself.” MenFirstsReasonActionFightingHe ManBattleShapesDrawsStriveVicesLustConquerPreparationJudgement Author:Thomas a Kempis
“The issue of comparative performances can be regarded as settled to-day, both scientifically and practically. Though differences in attitudes between men and women still form a favorite topic of drawing-room conversation ... women's abilities are no longer seriously in doubt. These discussions rather seem to be a kind of rearguard action carried on after the main battle has been decided.” MenKindHas BeensStillsSeemsActionFormDifferencesAbilityRoomsAttitudeIssuesDoubtBattleConversationMen And WomenDecidedPerformancesDrawingDiscussionTopics Book:Women's Two Roles: Home and Work Source: Women's Two Roles: Home and Work
“The war against Russia is an important chapter in the German nation's struggle for existence. [...] The objective of this battle must be the demolition of present-day Russia and must therefore be conducted with unprecedented severity. Every military action must be guided in planning and execution by an iron resolution to exterminate the enemy remorselessly and totally. In particular, no adherents of the contemporary Russian Bolshevik system are to be spared.” ImportantWarActionNationsExistenceEnemyStruggleMilitaryParticularBattlePlanningRussiaObjectivesContemporaryIronResolutionExecutionChaptersUnprecedentedPresent DaySeverityBolsheviksMilitary ActionStruggle For ExistenceDemolition Author:Franz Halder
“Gangsters live for the action. The closer to death, the nearer to the heated coil of the moment, the more alive they feel. Most would rather succumb to a barrage of bullets from a roomful of sworn enemies than to the debilitation of old age, dying the death of the feeble. A gangster becomes as addicted to the thrill of the battle and the potential to die in the midst of it as he does to he more attractive lures in his path. In his world, the potential for death exists every day. The better gangsters don't shy away from such a dreaded possibility but rather find comfort in its proximity.” WorldFeelsDoeMomentsAgeActionDiesEnemyPathAliveDyingPossibilityComfortBattleOld AgeAttractiveShyMidstBulletsThrillGangstersLureProximity Book:Gangster Source: Gangster
“You can't make war against terror. Terror is a technique of battle. It's a tactic that has been employed since time immemorial. You can conduct clandestine action against terrorists, and that must be done.” Has BeensWarDoneActionBattleTerrorTerrorismTechniqueTerroristEmployedTacticsClandestine Author:John le Carre
“Success doesn’t necessarily come from breakthrough innovation but from flawless execution. A great strategy alone won’t win a game or a battle; the win comes from basic blocking and tackling.” ActionGamesWinningBattleInnovationStrategyBlockExecutionBreakthroughBreak ThroughFlawlessBusiness InnovationInnovation And BusinessTacklingBlocking And Tackling Author:Naveen Jain
“Whether you realize it or not, your ongoing battle with unbelief drives all your sinful thoughts, emotions, desires, and actions.” ActionDesireRealizingEmotionBattleOngoingUnbelief Author:James MacDonald
“Writing for a newspaper is like running a revolutionary war. You go to battle not when you are ready, but when action offers itself.” WritingWarRunningActionReadyBattleOffersNewspapersRevolutionaryRevolutionary War Author:Norman Mailer
“The dialogue is out there, the veil has been lifted. We all know that there's a ways to go. We're still fighting uphill battles, and you just have to hone in on making change, one dialogue at a time, one course of action at a time.” ActionFightingBattleDialogueMaking Changes Author:Kate Hudson
“By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform, prod our memories, even stir us to action. Such films do battle for our very soul.” WellsSoulActionFilmMemoriesBattleHungerInequalityEnduranceDocumentariesNobilityBrutalityOur MemoriesStarvationDeprivation Author:Theodore Bikel
“When a warrior fights not for himself, but for his brothers, when his most passionately sought goal is neither glory nor his own life's preservation, but to spend his substance for them, his comrades, not to abandon them, not to prove unworthy of them, then his heart truly has achieved contempt for death, and with that he transcends himself and his actions touch the sublime. That is why the true warrior cannot speak of battle save to his brothers who have been there with him. The truth is too holy, too sacred, for words." -Suicide (Gates of Fire)” HeartHas BeensActionFightingSpeakGoalFireBrotherHolyTruth IsBattleProveGlorySacredSuicideWarriorSubstanceAbandonGatesContemptSublimePreservationUnworthyComradeTrue Warrior Book:Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae Source: Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae