Motivational Quotes

Action

The odds of hitting your target go up dramatically when you aim at it.

- Pancoast, Mal

Best Quotes about Action

I will act as if what I do makes a difference.

James, William

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Begin to free yourself at once by doing all that is possible with the means you have, and as you proceed in this spirit the way will open for you to do more.

Collier, Robert

Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

Carlyle, Thomas

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

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

I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.

Stone, W. Clement

The successful men of action are not sufficiently self-observant to know exactly on what their success depends.

Jacobs, Joseph

When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, Action, Action, Action.

Plutarch

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I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. Henceforth, I will repeat these words each hour, each day, everyday, until the words become as much a habit as my breathing, and the action which follows becomes as instinctive as the blinking of my eyelids. With these words I can condition my mind to perform every action necessary for my success. I will act now. I will repeat these words again and again and again. I will walk where failures fear to walk. I will work when failures seek rest. I will act now for now is all I have. Tomorrow is the day reserved for the labor of the lazy. I am not lazy. Tomorrow is the day when the failure will succeed. I am not a failure. I will act now. Success will not wait. If I delay, success will become wed to another and lost to me forever. This is the time. This is the place. I am the person.

Mandino, Og

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The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.

Quarles, Francis

12.

It's no good agreeing with a person who can't make up his mind.

13.

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.

Tolstoy, Count Leo

14.

The search for the perfect venture can turn into procrastination. Your idea may or may not have merit. The key is to get started.

15.

Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.

Milne, A. A.

16.

Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.

Proverb

17.

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

Proverb, American

18.

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

19.

In this country men seem to live for action as long as they can and sink into apathy when they retire.

Adams, Charles Francis

20.

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

Graffiti

21.

Talk doesn't cook rice.

Proverb, Chinese

22.

What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.

Proverb, Ibo

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If you shoot for the stars and hit the moon, it's OK. But you've got to shoot for something. A lot of people don't even shoot.

Townsend, Robert

24.

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

Gerstner, Lou

25.

How long will they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look?

Marley, Bob

26.

What really matters is what you do with what you have.

Lord, Shirley

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Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.

Amiel, Henri Frederic

28.

I like these words -- they seem to suggest action: If you hear a kind word spoken Of some worthy soul you know, It may fill his heart with sunshine If you'd only tell him so. If a deed, however humble, helps you On your way to go, Seek the one whose hand has helped you. Seek him out and tell him so. If your heart is touched and tender Towards sinner log and low, It might help him to do better If you could only tell him so.

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To begin, begin.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

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Let no one be deluded that a knowledge of the path can substitute for putting one foot in front of the other.

Richards, Mary Caroline

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The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Berger, Sally

32.

I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts.

Mann, Horace

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Your difficulty and my difficulty and the difficulty of every individual who ever desired to achieve something worthwhile, comes in the movement.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

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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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He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions.

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

36.

If you stand still long enough, you'll get stuck

Hasselhoff, David

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People say to me, You were a roaring success. How did you do it? I go back to what my parents taught me. Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make something happen.

Iacocca, Lee

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All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them. [Matthew 7:12]

Bible

39.

Backbone beats wishbone every time.

40.

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything.

Eliot, Sir John

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Reactionary: A man walking backwards with his face to the future.

Bevan, Aneurin

42.

Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself.

Proverb, Chinese

43.

You can't start at the top.

Levenson, Samuel

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When all is said the greatest action is to limit and isolate one's self.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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All rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full.

Bible

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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.

Aristotle

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Let your performance do the thinking.

Brown Jr., H. Jackson

48.

Oh, I'm not going to do anything to them. The thought that I might will be enough to keep them going.

Bowkett, Chris

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The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

Schwarzkopf, Norman

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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