Motivational Quotes

Action

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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Best Quotes about Action

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

Milea, Jinx

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it.

The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.

Frieseke, Frederick (Carl)

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

Milne, A. A.

Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

Linall Jr. A. L.

When deeds speak, words are nothing.

Proverb, African

Allow motion to equal emotion.

Hubbard, Elbert

Do it now! can affect every phase of your life. It can help you do the things you should do but don't feel like doing. It can keep you from procrastinating when an unpleasant duty faces you. But it can also help you do those things that you want to do. It helps you seize those precious moments that, if lost, may never be retrieved.

Hill, Napoleon

10.

If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.

Maharshi, Ramana

11.

Begin somewhere: you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

Smith, Liz

12.

Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.

Proverb, Chinese

13.

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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Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time. From this moment onwards you can be an entirely different person, filled with love and understanding, ready with an outstretched hand, uplifted and positive in every thought and deed.

Caddy, Eileen

15.

Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

16.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

17.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Turner, Ted

18.

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

Proverb, Chinese

19.

Big words seldom accompany good deeds.

Proverb, Danish

20.

Activity and sadness are incompatible.

21.

Only the actions of the just smell sweet and blossom in the dust.

Shirley, James

22.

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

Bible

23.

You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.

Aikman, Leo

24.

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

Mann, Horace

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Existence was given us for action. Our worth is determined by the good deed we do, rather than by the fine emotions we feel,

Magnin, Edgar F.

26.

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

27.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

Hubbard, Elbert

28.

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

29.

Our actions are like the terminations of verses, which we rhyme as we please.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

30.

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.

31.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

32.

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

Taylor, Russell C.

33.

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

34.

You must get involved to have an impact. No one is impressed with the won-lost record of the referee.

Holcomb, John H.

35.

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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Action is the real measure of intelligence.

Hill, Napoleon

37.

If you don't make things happen then things will happen to you.

Company, Lanes

38.

There should be less talk; a preaching point is not a meeting point. What do you do then? Take a broom and clean someone's house. That says enough.

Mother Teresa

39.

Next in importance to having a good aim is to recognize when to pull the trigger.

Letterman, Elmer G.

40.

Act like you expect to get into the end zone.

Paterno, Joe

41.

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

42.

Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know.

Macdonald, George

43.

Many have too much, but none enough.

Proverb, Danish

44.

Don't think, just do.

Horton, Reiko

45.

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

46.

If you start soon enough, you won't have to run to catch up.

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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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'Tis God gives skill, but not without men's hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivarius's violins without Antonio.

Eliot, George

49.

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

50.

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

Marley, Bob