Actions Quotes

Let us travel it together. Let us, by our joint actions, vindicate the purposes for which this Organization was established and create a situation wherein its Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights will become part of the body of law on which will be based the political and social order of a new South Africa. Our common victory is assured.

Do not look the other way; do not hesitate. Recognize that the world is hungry for action, not words. Act with courage and vision.

Long speeches, the shaking of fists, the banging of tables and strongly worded resolutions out of touch with the objective conditions do not bring about mass action and can do a great deal of harm to the organisation and the struggle we serve.

As a leader, one must sometimes take actions that are unpopular, or whose results will not be known for years to come.

The majority of South Africans, black and white, recognize that apartheid has no future. It has to be ended by our own decisive mass action in order to build peace and security. The mass campaign of defiance and other actions of our organization and people can only culminate in the establishment of democracy.

We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.

Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Sometimes it falls on a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom.

In your statement you assert that our actions, even though peaceful, must be condemned because they precipitate violence. But is this a logical assertion? Isn't this like condemning a robbed man because his possession of money precipitated the evil act of robbery?

You can't stop a bird from landing on your head. But you can keep it from building a nest.

We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.

Whatever we do, we must keep God in the forefront. Let us be Christian in all of our actions.

After all, a man's Life must be nailed to a cross either of Thought or Action.

So we have had to dispense with the indispensable.

Things do not get better by being let alone. Unless they are adjusted, they explode with shattering detonation.

The stern compression of circumstances, the twinges of adversity, the spur of slights and taunts in early years, are needed to evoke that ruthless fixity of purpose and tenacious wit without which great actions are seldom accomplished.

How little can we foresee the consequences either of wise or unwise action, of virtue or of malice. Without this measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed.

The only guide to a man's conscience, the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions.

I no longer listen to what people say, I just watch what they do. Behavior never lies.

I never worry about action, but only about inaction.

I guess what I always found funny was the human condition. There is a certain comedy and pathos to trouble and accidents. Like, when a driver has parked his car crookedly and then wonders why he has the bad luck of being hit.