Motivational Quotes

Action

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

- Adams, Charles Francis

Best Quotes about Action

1.

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. [James 1:22]

Bible

2.

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

3.

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

4.

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

Bible

5.

No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

Fosdick, Harry Emerson

6.

The secret of getting things done is to act!

David, Benjamin O.

7.

No one will do it for you.

Stein, Ben

8.

Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.

Dyer, Wayne

9.

This body, full of faults, has yet one great quality: Whatever it encounters in this temporal life depends upon one's actions.

Nagarjuna, Siddha

10.

Take action in order to move toward your goals.

Brown, Les

11.

One thought driven home is better than three left on base.

Liter, James

12.

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

Auerbach, Red

13.

People sitting on top of the world, usually arrived there standing up.

14.

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.

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

16.

The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of the noblest.

Carlyle, Thomas

17.

Two-thirds of promotion is motion

18.

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

Plutarch

19.

Let every man or woman here, if you never hear me again, remember this, that if you wish to be great at all, you must begin where you are and with what you are. He who would be great anywhere must first be great in his own Philadelphia.

Conwell, Russel H.

20.

Don't think, just do.

Horton, Reiko

21.

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

James, William

22.

One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.

Roger, John

23.

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

Carnegie, Andrew

24.

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

25.

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

26.

All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.

Einstein, Albert

27.

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

Cooley, Charles Horton

28.

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

Holtz, Lou

29.

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

30.

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

31.

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

32.

Action expresses priorities.

Garfield, Charles A.

33.

The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.

Sandburg, Carl

34.

The only way to start is to start.

35.

He who walks with the lame learns how to limp.

Proverb, Latin

36.

When we don't have what we like, we must like what we have.

Proverb, French

37.

Unless a capacity for thinking be accompanied by a capacity for action, a superior mind exists in torture.

Croce, Benedetto

38.

Talk doesn't cook rice.

Proverb, Chinese

39.

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

Wattles, Wallace D.

40.

The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs

Proverb, Irish

41.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Berger, Sally

42.

When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike you, do not wait until he has struck before you crush him.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

43.

It was prettily devised of Aesop, The fly sat on the axle tree of the chariot wheel and said,what dust do I raise!

Bacon, Francis

44.

Begin where you are; work where you are; the hour which you are now wasting, dreaming of some far off success may be crowded with grand possibilities.

Marden, Orison Swett

45.

Allow motion to equal emotion.

Hubbard, Elbert

46.

It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.

Nin, Anais

47.

Good things happen to those who hustle.

Noll, Chuck

48.

You will never win if you never begin.

Schuller, Robert H.

49.

Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.

Hansen, Mark Victor

50.

Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.

Rowan, Carl