Motivational Quotes

Action

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

- Wordsworth, William

Best Quotes about Action

Act, don't react!

You have to make it happen.

Greene, Joe

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

Gide, Andre

No rules for success will work if you don't.

Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Buffett, Warren

Talk doesn't cook rice.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Warford, Rita

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

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

Gerstner, Lou

10.

It is not good enough for things to be planned -- they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation.

Khan, Pir Vilayat

11.

Do it now. Then it's done.

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Every man of action has a strong dose of egoism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be regarded as high qualities if he can make them the means to achieve great ends.

Gaulle, Charles De

13.

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

Bible

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Believe in boys and girls and men and women of a great tomorrow that what so ever the boy soweth the man shall reap.

15.

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

Eliot, George

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I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.

Lewis, Harvey Spencer

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Activity and sadness are incompatible.

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I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.

Schuller, Robert H.

19.

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

Troward, Thomas

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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

Gaulle, Charles De

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Effective action is always unjust.

Anouilh, Jean

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If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen.

Dimaggio, Joe

24.

Never mind your happiness; do your duty.

Durant, William J.

25.

To talk goodness is not good... only to do it is.

Proverb, Chinese

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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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A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of action.. You must act as you breathe.

Clemenceau, Georges

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Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.

Canfield, Jack

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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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Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.

Franklin, Benjamin

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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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You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.

Hazlitt, William

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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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Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.

Marden, Orison Swett

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You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

Brown, Les

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A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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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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I never worry about action, but only inaction.

Churchill, Winston

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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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People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do.

Cass, Lewis

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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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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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The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology.

Auerbach, Red

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

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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

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So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.

Iacocca, Lee

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

Hasselhoff, David

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Logic will not change an emotion, but action will.

49.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

Hubbard, Elbert

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Anything you do can get you fired; this includes doing nothing.