Motivational Quotes

Action

It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.

- Bruyere, Jean De La

Best Quotes about Action

He who limps is still walking.

Lec, Stanislaw J.

Better to try something and fail than to try nothing and succeed.

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

Schopenhauer, Arthur

It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.

Troward, Thomas

After all is said and done, more is said than done.

Proverb, American

People sitting on top of the world, usually arrived there standing up.

Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt.

Cousins, Norman

The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs

Proverb, Irish

No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

Fosdick, Harry Emerson

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Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

Peale, Norman Vincent

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Begin where you are; work where you are; the hour which you are now wasting, dreaming of some far off success may be crowded with grand possibilities.

Marden, Orison Swett

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The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.

Hill, Napoleon

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Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.

Robbins, Anthony

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Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of thought.

Heine, Heinrich

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Act, don't react!

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Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

Letterman, David

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Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.

Saunders

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How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive o all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.

Inge, Dean William R.

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Many have too much, but none enough.

Proverb, Danish

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Action makes more fortune than caution.

Clapiers, Luc De

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Don't think, just do.

Horton, Reiko

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Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

Whitehead, Alfred North

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Two-thirds of promotion is motion

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It's easy to work for somebody else; all you have to do is show up.

Warford, Rita

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We are all ruled in what we do by impulses; and these impulses are so organized that our actions in general serve for our self preservation and that of the race.

Einstein, Albert

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Winning starts with beginning.

Schuller, Robert H.

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There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Being stuck is a position few of us like. We want something new but cannot let go of the old -- old ideas, beliefs, habits, even thoughts. We are out of contact with our own genius. Sometimes we know we are stuck; sometimes we don't. In both cases we have to DO something.

Teekens, Inga

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Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.

Dyer, Wayne

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In action be primitive; in foresight, a strategist.

Char, Rene

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Doing nothing is the most tiresome job in the world because you cannot quit and rest.

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What we need is to use what we have.

Walsh, Basil S.

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The greatest potential for control tends to exist at the point where action takes place.

Allen, Loius A.

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If you want a thing done, go. If not, send. The shortest answer is doing.

Proverb, English

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It is not whether your words or actions are tough or gentle; it is the spirit behind your actions and words that announces your inner state.

Ching Ning Chu

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What the mind attends to, the mind considers. What the mind constantly considers, the mind believes. What the mind believes, the mind eventually does.

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Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.

Aurelius, Marcus

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Let your actions always speak for you, but be forever on guard against the terrible traps of false pride and conceit that can halt your progress. The next time you are tempted to boast, just place your fist in a full pail of water, and when you remove it, the hole remaining will give you a correct measure of your importance.

Mandino, Og

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The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.

Smiles, Samuel

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Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.

Curcio, Joan L.

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You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.

Gerstner, Lou

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Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk -- and to act.

Maltz, Maxwell

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Some people forget to plant in the spring, idle away the summer hours and then expect to reap in the fall.

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The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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The common conception is that motivation leads to action, but the reverse is true -- action precedes motivation. You have to prime the pump and get the juice flowing, which motivates you to work on your goals. Getting momentum going is the most difficult part of the job, and often taking the first step is enough to prompt you to make the best of your day.

Mckain, Robert J.

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When deeds speak, words are nothing.

Proverb, African

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Act, if you like, but you do it at your peril. Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Act quickly, think slowly.

Proverb, Greek

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A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.

Calvin, John