Motivational Quotes

Action

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

Best Quotes about Action

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Act like you expect to get into the end zone.

Paterno, Joe

It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done.

Woolf, Virginia

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

Saunders

He is rich that is satisfied.

Fuller, Thomas

Talk doesn't cook rice.

Proverb, Chinese

When a man dies, what does not leave him? The voice of a dead man goes into fire, his breath into wind, his eyes into the sun, his mind into the moon, his hearing into the quarters of heaven, his body into the land cheerfully. earth, his spirit into space

Upanishads, Veda

Thought is the organizing factor in man, intersected between the causal primary instincts and the resulting actions.

Einstein, Albert

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It is following the line of least resistance that makes men and rivers crooked.

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Every action we take, everything we do, is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be.

Byrhhe, Anne

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The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.

Lichtenberg, Georg C.

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

Troward, Thomas

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Action is character.

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Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

Linall Jr. A. L.

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The person of intellect is lost unless they unite with energy of character. When we have the lantern of Diogenese we must also have his staff.

Chamfort, Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De

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Do it this very moment, Don't put it off, There's no use in doing a kindness, if you do it a day too late.

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We are born to action; and whatever is capable of suggesting and guiding action has power over us from the first.

Cooley, Charles Horton

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How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive to do thy duty; then you shall know what is in thee.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Gide, Andre

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Have a bias toward action -- let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.

Thalheimer, Richard

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Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigor, and activity of man's nature.

South, Bishop Robert

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Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing.

Shakespeare, William

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It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

Bronte, Charlotte

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The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.

D'Alembert

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Never mind your happiness; do your duty.

Durant, William J.

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It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

Batt, Al

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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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As our case is new, we must think and act anew.

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Proverb, American

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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn't, do something else.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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As one acts and conducts himself, so does he become. The doer of good becomes good. The doer of evil becomes evil. One becomes virtuous by virtuous action, bad by bad action.

Upanishads, Veda

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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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He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.

Horace

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The only way you can bring in the harvest in the fall is to plant in the spring, and to water, weed, fertilize in the summer

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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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The soul is made for action, and cannot rest till it be employed. Idleness is its rust. Unless it will up and think and taste and see, all is in vain.

Traherne, Thomas

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Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by.

Holtz, Lou

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Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.

Fichte, Johann G.

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Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

Proverb, Italian

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We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

Gorski, Nick

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We are taught by great actions that the universe is the property of every individual in it.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.

Bushnell, Nolan

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Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.

Robbins, Anthony

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You can't aim a duck to death.

Boardman, Gael

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Solve it. Solve it quickly, solve it right or wrong. If you solve it wrong, it will come back and slap you in the face, and then you can solve it right. Lying dead in the water and doing nothing is a comfortable alternative because it is without risk, but it is an absolutely fatal way to manage a business.

Watson, Thomas J.

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Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last --but eat you he will.

Reagan, Ronald

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Logic will not change an emotion, but action will.