Motivational Quotes

Action

Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.

- Balzac, Honore De

Best Quotes about Action

1.

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

2.

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

Cass, Lewis

3.

All such action would cease if those powerful elemental forces were to cease stirring within us.

Einstein, Albert

4.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Gracian, Baltasar

5.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Drucker, Peter F.

6.

He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.

Clarke, James Freeman

7.

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

Sandburg, Carl

8.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Berger, Sally

9.

Some will, some don't, so what!

Proverb, American

10.

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

Wilde, Oscar

11.

Many are called but few get up.

Herford, Oliver

12.

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

13.

There's as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something.

Crow, Trammell

14.

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.

Keller, Helen

15.

You have to be before you can do, and do before you can have.

Ziglar, Zig

16.

No one will do it for you.

Stein, Ben

17.

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.

Tolstoy, Count Leo

18.

Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.

Ross, Percy

19.

If you think about it seriously, all the questions about the soul and the immortality of the soul and paradise and hell are at bottom only a way of seeing this very simple fact: that every action of ours is passed on to others according to its value, of good or evil, it passes from father to son, from one generation to the next, in a perpetual movement.

Gramsci, Antonio

20.

Act, don't react!

21.

Activity and sadness are incompatible.

22.

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

Plutarch

23.

Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.

Curcio, Joan L.

24.

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

25.

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

26.

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.

27.

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.

28.

The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.

Iacocca, Lee

29.

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

30.

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

31.

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

32.

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often

33.

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

Edison, Thomas A.

34.

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

Holtz, Lou

35.

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

Maharshi, Ramana

36.

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

37.

You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree.

Morgan, John Pierpont

38.

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

39.

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

Cooley, Charles Horton

40.

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

Shirley, James

41.

Keep your head and your heart going in the right direction and you will not have to worry about your feet.

42.

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

43.

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

Wattles, Wallace D.

44.

In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.

Robbins, Anthony

45.

Thought is the organizing factor in man, intersected between the causal primary instincts and the resulting actions.

Einstein, Albert

46.

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

Nagarjuna, Siddha

47.

Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.

Balzac, Honore De

48.

Take action in order to move toward your goals.