Motivational Quotes

Action

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

- Bible

Best Quotes about Action

1.

Good things happen to those who hustle.

Noll, Chuck

2.

A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.

Calvin, John

3.

Let no one be deluded that a knowledge of the path can substitute for putting one foot in front of the other.

Richards, Mary Caroline

4.

Heaven never helps the men who will not act.

Sophocles

5.

Action is the real measure of intelligence.

Hill, Napoleon

6.

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

Smiles, Samuel

7.

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

Schwarzkopf, Norman

8.

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

Auerbach, Red

9.

A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of action.. You must act as you breathe.

Clemenceau, Georges

10.

Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.

Amiel, Henri Frederic

11.

My friend, why have you drifted so far away? All motion is relative, maybe it is you who have moved away by standing still.

12.

I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.

Lewis, Harvey Spencer

13.

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

Martial, Marcus Valerius

14.

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.

Wordsworth, William

15.

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

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

16.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

17.

The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.

Quarles, Francis

18.

Either move or be moved.

Powell, Colin

19.

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

Letterman, David

20.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Jerome, St.

21.

To talk goodness is not good... only to do it is.

Proverb, Chinese

22.

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.

23.

Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

24.

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

Liter, James

25.

We are all ruled in what we do by impulses; and these impulses are so organized that our actions in general serve for our self preservation and that of the race.

Einstein, Albert

26.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand -- and melting like a snowflake.

Ray, Marie Beyon

27.

When all is said the greatest action is to limit and isolate one's self.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

28.

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

Kelland, Clarence Buddinton

29.

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

Pancoast, Mal

30.

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

Schopenhauer, Arthur

31.

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

Bible

32.

It's better to waste one's youth than to do nothing with it at all.

Courteline, Georges

33.

Reactionary: A man walking backwards with his face to the future.

Bevan, Aneurin

34.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Turner, Ted

35.

Activity and sadness are incompatible.

36.

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

Whitehead, Alfred North

37.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Grant, Heber J.

38.

Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.

Dyer, Wayne

39.

Action expresses priorities.

Garfield, Charles A.

40.

Begin somewhere: you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

Smith, Liz

41.

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

Eliot, George

42.

Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself.

Proverb, Chinese

43.

The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.

D'Alembert

44.

Many have too much, but none enough.

Proverb, Danish

45.

If it were done when 'tis done, then t'were well. It were done quickly.

Shakespeare, William

46.

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

Allen, Loius A.

47.

You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.

Gerstner, Lou

48.

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

Holtz, Lou

49.

Do it now! can affect every phase of your life. It can help you do the things you should do but don't feel like doing. It can keep you from procrastinating when an unpleasant duty faces you. But it can also help you do those things that you want to do. It helps you seize those precious moments that, if lost, may never be retrieved.

Hill, Napoleon

50.

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