Motivational Quotes

Action

Action is the product of the qualities inherent in nature.

- Bhagavad Gita

Best Quotes about Action

Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious.

Amiel, Henri Frederic

In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.

Hammarskjold, Dag

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

Green, Dennis

It is better to rust out than wear out.

Whitefield, George

That spot of earth has special charms for me, in which a limited income produces happiness, and moderate wealth abundance.

Martial, Marcus Valerius

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

Proverb, Chinese

Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

Whitehead, Alfred North

Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

Saying, Zen

Some will, some don't, so what!

Proverb, American

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Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.

Picasso, Pablo

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

Curcio, Joan L.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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If you want to get along, go along.

Rayburn, Sam

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Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt.

Cousins, Norman

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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.

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How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive to do thy duty; then you shall know what is in thee.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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What really matters is what you do with what you have.

Lord, Shirley

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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

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There is no use trying, said Alice; one can't believe impossible things. I dare say you haven't had much practice, said the Queen. When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

Carroll, Lewis

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Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do, if it were my last of life.

Edwards, Edward

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Take the first step, and your mind will mobilize all its forces to your aid. But the first essential is that you begin. Once the battle is startled, all that is within and without you will come to your assistance.

Collier, Robert

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Before you can do something you must first be something.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.

Robbins, Anthony

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

Einstein, Albert

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He who limps is still walking.

Lec, Stanislaw J.

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An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.

Proverb, Mexican

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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

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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

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

James, William

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Take action in order to move toward your goals.

Brown, Les

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

Warford, Rita

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The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.

Lichtenberg, Georg C.

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I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.

Mencken, H. L.

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Do it now. Then it's done.

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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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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

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Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

Graffiti

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

Rohn, Jim

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Many have too much, but none enough.

Proverb, Danish

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Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.

Stone, W. Clement

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You have to make it happen.

Greene, Joe

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Act, if you like, but you do it at your peril. Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Some people forget to plant in the spring, idle away the summer hours and then expect to reap in the fall.

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Doing is a quantum leap from imagining. Thinking about swimming isn't much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the water can take your breath away. The defense force inside of us wants us to be cautious, to stay away from anything as intense as a new kind of action. Its job is to protect us, and it categorically avoids anything resembling danger. But it's often wrong. Anything worth doing is worth doing too soon.

Sher, Barbara

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Effective action is always unjust.

Anouilh, Jean

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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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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

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

Plutarch

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

Bruyere, Jean De La