By his deeds we know a man.
A human being has no discernible character until he acts.
What we make is more important than what we are, particularly if making is our profession.
To do is to be.
You can't build a reputation on what you intend to do.
To be is to do.
The way to do is to be.
The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference.
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
The emotions are not always subject to reason ... but they are always subject to action. When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.
Silences have a climax, when you have got to speak.
He who desires but acts not breeds pestilence.
When I am idle and shiftless, my affairs become confused; when I work, I get results ... not great results, but enough to encourage me.
To be busy with material affairs is the best preservative against reflection, fears, doubts ... all these things which stand in the way of achievement. I suppose a fellow proposing to cut his throat would experience a sort of relief while occupied in stropping his razor carefully.
Acting can work a peculiar magic on the actor ... it can cure you (at least for the length of a performance) of a whole variety of ailments. Migraine headaches, miserable colds or toothaches will suddenly disappear as you're up there going through your paces.
It is only when I dally with what I am about, look back and aside instead of keeping my eyes straight forward, that I feel these cold sinkings of the heart. But the first broadside puts all to rights.
Action is the antidote to despair.
Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.
Performance releases pressure.
