Action trumps hope (quotes)

Hope is not a plan of action. Susan Jacoby
Action trumps hoping. Daniella Porte
Hope doesn’t mean anything. … Action’s the only thing that counts. Margaret Haddix
Hoping drains your energy. Action creates energy. Robert Kiyosaki
Hope rarely enters into it. ‘Tis action moves the world. Susanna Kearsley
You can either take action, or you can hang back and hope for a miracle. Miracles are great, but they are so unpredictable. Peter Drucker
A wish has been defined as a ‘goal with no energy behind it.’ Hope is not a strategy. Brian Tracy
It’s not just about hope and ideas. It’s about action. Shirin Ebadi

Action is hope. There is no hope without action. Ray Bradbury
As long as hope does not embrace and transform the thought and action of men, it remains topsy- turvy and ineffective. Jurgen Moltmann
Hope just means another world might be possible, not promised, not guaranteed. Hope calls for action; action is impossible without hope. Rebecca Solnit
Hope and milk sour by standing. Austin O’Malley
The only recognizable feature of hope is action. Grace Paley
Hope in every sphere of life is a privilege that attaches to action. No action, no hope. Peter Levi

Real hope combined with real action has always pulled me through difficult times. Jenni Schaefer
Hope is a start. But hope needs action to win victories. David J. Schwartz
It’s not just about hope and ideas. It’s about action. Shirin Ebadi
Hope is a strange invention – A Patent of the Heart – In unremitting action Yet never wearing out. Emily Dickinson
After that, work and hope. But never hope more than you work. Beryl Markham

When one takes action for others, one’s own suffering is transformed into the energy that can keep one moving forward; a light of hope illuminating a new tomorrow for oneself and others is kindled. Daisaku Ikeda
Infuse your life with action. Don’t wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Bradley Whitford
The food of hope is meditative action. Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope. Barack Obama
Hope is a verb with its shirtsleeves rolled up. David Orr
A work-in-progress generates its own energy field. You, the artist or entrepreneur, are pouring love into the work; you are suffusing it with passion and intention and hope. Steven Pressfield
Action is hope. At the end of each day, when you’ve done your work, you lie there and think, Well, I’ll be damned, I did this today. It doesn’t matter how good it is, or how bad-you did it. At the end of the week you’ll have a certain amount of accumulation. At the end of a year, you look back and say, I’ll be damned, it’s been a good year. Ray Bradbury