Motivational Quotes

Action

You can't aim a duck to death.

- Boardman, Gael

Best Quotes about Action

Activity and sadness are incompatible.

All rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full.

Bible

Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.

Franklin, Benjamin

Allow motion to equal emotion.

Hubbard, Elbert

Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are more adapted to the contemplative life can take upon themselves the works of the active life so as to become yet more apt for contemplation.

Aquinas, St. Thomas

He who walks with the lame learns how to limp.

Proverb, Latin

One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.

Roger, John

Every action we take, everything we do, is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be.

Byrhhe, Anne

You will never win if you never begin.

Schuller, Robert H.

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What we need is to use what we have.

Walsh, Basil S.

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

Ziglar, Zig

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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.

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Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.

Rogers, Will

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

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.

Aikman, Leo

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We are taught by great actions that the universe is the property of every individual in it.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.

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Never confuse motion with action.

Franklin, Benjamin

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A well begun is half ended.

Plato

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It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.

Nin, Anais

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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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What really distinguishes this generation in all countries from earlier generations... is its determination to act, its joy in action, the assurance of being able to change things by one's own efforts.

Arendt, Hannah

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

Cass, Lewis

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Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

Linall Jr. A. L.

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Logic will not change an emotion, but action will.

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Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Gerstner, Lou

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Many have too much, but none enough.

Proverb, Danish

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Be both the gardener and the rose.

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

Whitehead, Alfred North

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Take action in order to move toward your goals.

Brown, Les

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Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

Schmidt, Helmut

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

Liter, James

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Do it now. Then it's done.

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

Rohn, Jim

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We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

Gorski, Nick

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

Holtz, Lou

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No, Ernest, don't talk about action. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

Wilde, Oscar

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The only way to start is to start.

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The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

Bronowski, Jacob

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

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.

Fichte, Johann G.

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You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.

Holmes, Marjorie

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Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.

Aurelius, Marcus

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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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Don't look back, just keep on walking.

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It's no good agreeing with a person who can't make up his mind.

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You won't skid if you stay in a rut.

Hubbard, Kin

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It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

Bronte, Charlotte

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