Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.  George Washington quotes There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von quotes Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions. Harold S. Geneen quotes Words without actions are the assassins of idealism. Herbert Hoover quotes There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted. James Branch Cabell quotes A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action. Jawaharlal Nehru quotes Thought is the seed of action Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them. Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in. Napoleon Bonaparte quotes Among the great men who have philosophized about [the action of the tides], the one who surprised me most is Kepler. He was a person of independent genius, [but he] became interested in the action of the moon on the water, and in other occult phenomena, and similar childishness. Galileo Galilei quotes | 
