Motivational Quotes

Action

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

- Aurelius, Marcus

Best Quotes about Action

The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.

Smiles, Samuel

Suit the action to the world, the world to the action, with this special observance, that you overstep not the modesty of nature.

Shakespeare, William

We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.

Robbins, Anthony

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

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.

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

Letterman, Elmer G.

It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.

Proverb, French

The view only changes for the lead dog.

Sergeant Preston of The Yukon

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

Proverb, American

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

Marley, Bob

11.

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

Maharshi, Ramana

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He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.

Horace

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

Viscott, David

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

Buffett, Warren

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Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. [Matthew 7:12]

Bible

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The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.

Perot, H. Ross

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

18.

No one will do it for you.

Stein, Ben

19.

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

Auerbach, Red

20.

The secret to success is to start from scratch and keep on scratching.

Green, Dennis

21.

We are always getting ready to live, but never living.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Many are called but few get up.

Herford, Oliver

23.

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

Warford, Rita

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

Proverb, French

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Big words seldom accompany good deeds.

Proverb, Danish

26.

Be both the gardener and the rose.

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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

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He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions.

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

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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.

30.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

James, William

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Ideas won't keep, something must be done about them.

Whitehead, Alfred North

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

Hutcheson, Francis

33.

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

34.

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

Liter, James

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

Wilde, Oscar

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You can't start at the top.

Levenson, Samuel

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Have a bias toward action -- let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.

Thalheimer, Richard

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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

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Action is character.

41.

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

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No sooner said than done -- so acts your man of worth.

Ennius, Quintus

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The odds of hitting your target go up dramatically when you aim at it.

Pancoast, Mal