Motivational Quotes

Action

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

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Best Quotes about Action

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

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

No one will do it for you.

Stein, Ben

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

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

Gerstner, Lou

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

You will never win if you never begin.

Schuller, Robert H.

There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is on a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.

Graham, Martha

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

Hammarskjold, Dag

What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.

Proverb, Ibo

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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

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

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

Rohn, Jim

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Never mind your happiness; do your duty.

Durant, William J.

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The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.

Proudhon, Pierre Joseph

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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

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Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time. From this moment onwards you can be an entirely different person, filled with love and understanding, ready with an outstretched hand, uplifted and positive in every thought and deed.

Caddy, Eileen

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We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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It is following the line of least resistance that makes men and rivers crooked.

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Just as a flower which seems beautiful and has color but no perfume, so are the fruitless words of the man who speaks them but does them not.

Dhammapada

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

Grant, Heber J.

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

Bible

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If you stand still long enough, you'll get stuck

Hasselhoff, David

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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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The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.

Hill, Napoleon

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We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

Gorski, Nick

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Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

Peale, Norman Vincent

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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

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

Holtz, Lou

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Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.

Pauling, Linus

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Be both the gardener and the rose.

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

Crow, Trammell

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Good things happen to those who hustle.

Noll, Chuck

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

Iacocca, Lee

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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as courses, and they come back to us as effects.

Melville, Herman

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Some people grin and bear it; others smile and do it.

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

Proverb, French

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You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.

Hazlitt, William

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Oh, I'm not going to do anything to them. The thought that I might will be enough to keep them going.

Bowkett, Chris

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

Proverb, German

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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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Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity.

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

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You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth.

Riley, Pat

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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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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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You can't start at the top.

Levenson, Samuel

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

James, William

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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