. . . Started by missionaries in 1841, Punahou Academy had grown into a prestigious prep school, an incubator for island elites. . . It hadn't been easy to get me in, my grandparents told her (my mother); there was a long waiting list, and I was considered only because of the intervention of Gramps' boss, who was an alumnus (my first experience with affirmative action, it seems, had little to do with race).
You know, in physics there's the old law for every action there's a equal amount of reaction. Sometimes that's true in politics. If somebody's out there making nonsensical statements, but wielding power behind them a lot of people say, "Well, I need to react to that. " I think that's happening.
Learning to inhibit unwanted contractions of muscles that function without, or in spite of, our will, is the main task in coordinated action.
Men of action are favored by the Goddess of luck.
To wish for change will change nothing; To make the decision to take action right now will change everything.
I love doing action; I love doing martial arts. There's almost something balletic about it.
Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought.
I am not a contemplative type, basically. I am much more of an action person and, as a consequence, I look forward to today and tomorrow and what's breaking.
Tell people what specific action to take.
Doing begets more doing. It sounds simple, but I’m a firm believer that action can solve so many worries, and just powering through, no matter what, can give you the confidence you need when you feel like you’ve got nothing to offer.
My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground on which I stand.
My every action is to liberate God from his sorrow.
Of what use is a dream if not a blueprint for courageous action.
Alas, 'tis force alone that can compel to virtuous actions a degenerate people.
When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves he isn't a man of action.
Having a great deal of opportunity proves nothing. Opportunity without creative action is like a brand new Ferrari without an engine. You possess something valuable, but it won't get you anywhere.
One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand on the battlefield.
Love is the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth. . . Love is as love does. Love is an act of will -- namely, both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love.
I'm lucky, because I started action movies at the age of 25. Now I'm 47, and I'm still kicking like a mule, and I'm as flexible as before.
When we respond to threats immediately and take action right away, it's usually the threats that we're hard-wired to respond to, the kinds of things that our ancestors survived.