Motivational Quotes

Action

Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

- Saying, Zen

Best Quotes about Action

Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity.

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

If you want a trait, act as if you already have the trait.

James, William

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

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what people say. I just watch what they do.

Carnegie, Andrew

The link between ideas and action is rarely direct. There is almost always an intermediate step in which the idea is overcome. De Tocqueville points out that it is at times when passions start to govern human affairs that ideas are most obviously translated into political action. The translation of ideas into action is usually in the hands of people least likely to follow rational motives. Hence, it is that action is often the nemesis of ideas, and sometimes of the men who formulate them. One of the marks of the truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action the ability to pass directly from thought to action.

Hoffer, Eric

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

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.

Wordsworth, William

There is no use trying, said Alice; one can't believe impossible things. I dare say you haven't had much practice, said the Queen. When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

Carroll, Lewis

If it were done when 'tis done, then t'were well. It were done quickly.

Shakespeare, William

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Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful.

Wattles, Wallace D.

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The secret of getting things done is to act!

David, Benjamin O.

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Action makes more fortune than caution.

Clapiers, Luc De

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Act quickly, think slowly.

Proverb, Greek

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Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.

Nehru, Jawaharlal

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

Quarles, Francis

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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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It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.

Proverb, French

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Some people grin and bear it; others smile and do it.

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We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

Gorski, Nick

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Some will, some don't, so what!

Proverb, American

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We will not know unless we begin.

Zinn, Howard

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Two-thirds of promotion is motion

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Sings. Hope in every sphere of life is a privilege that attaches to action. No action, no hope.

Levi, Peter

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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

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To begin, begin.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

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Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.

Francis De Sales, St.

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Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute; What you can do, or dream you can, begin it.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

James, William

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No one will do it for you.

Stein, Ben

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

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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All the reputedly powerful reactionaries are merely paper tigers. The reason is that they are divorced from the people. Look! Was not Hitler a paper tiger? Was Hitler not overthrown? U.S. imperialism has not yet been overthrown and it has the atomic bomb. I believe it also will be overthrown. It, too, is a paper tiger.

Zedong, Mao

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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

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From small beginnings come great things.

Proverb, American

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Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

Linall Jr. A. L.

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Do every act of your life as if it were your last.

Aurelius, Marcus

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You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.

Robbins, Anthony

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One of the best lessons children learn through video games is standing still will get them killed quicker than anything else.

Milea, Jinx

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Action expresses priorities.

Garfield, Charles A.

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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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You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.

Holmes, Marjorie

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Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.

Levin, James

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Keep your head and your heart going in the right direction and you will not have to worry about your feet.

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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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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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Backbone beats wishbone every time.

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Like other revolutionaries I can thank God for the reactionaries. They clarify the issue.

Collingwood, Robin G.

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Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

Wilde, Oscar