Motivational Quotes

Action

The greatest potential for control tends to exist at the point where action takes place.

- Allen, Loius A.

Best Quotes about Action

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

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

James, William

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

Holtz, Lou

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Jerome, St.

The secret of getting things done is to act!

David, Benjamin O.

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

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

Gorski, Nick

The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.

Rohn, Jim

If you want a thing done, go. If not, send. The shortest answer is doing.

Proverb, English

10.

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

11.

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

Bible

12.

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

Nagarjuna, Siddha

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The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

Proverb, Chinese

14.

I didn't think; I experimented.

Roentgen, Wilhelm

15.

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

Marley, Bob

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

Aurelius, Marcus

17.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

Churchill, Winston

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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

19.

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

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Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.

Schuller, Robert H.

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

Proverb

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My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.

Kelland, Clarence Buddinton

23.

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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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.

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From small beginnings come great things.

Proverb, American

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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

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If you act like you know what you're doing, you can do anything you want -- except neurosurgery.

Lowenstein, John

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One of the marks of a 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

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Some will, some don't, so what!

Proverb, American

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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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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

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Between eighteen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with money, but with actions. Most men buy nothing.

Malraux, Andre

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We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

Disney, Walt

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It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.

Bruyere, Jean De La

35.

Winning starts with beginning.

Schuller, Robert H.

36.

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

Proverb, German

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

Franklin, Benjamin

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We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act.

Vivekananda, Swami

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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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The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number.

Hutcheson, Francis

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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

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Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Turner, Ted

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

Gide, Andre

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I am easily satisfied with the very best.

Churchill, Winston

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

Holtz, Lou

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To begin, begin.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

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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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Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open.

Pine, Arthur

49.

Never mind your happiness; do your duty.

Durant, William J.

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If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.

Viscott, David