Motivational Quotes

Action

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

- Bowkett, Chris

Best Quotes about Action

As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.

Lu Xun

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

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

Aurelius, Marcus

Sings. Hope in every sphere of life is a privilege that attaches to action. No action, no hope.

Levi, Peter

Never mind your happiness; do your duty.

Durant, William J.

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

Wattles, Wallace D.

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

Smiles, Samuel

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

Batt, Al

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

10.

One of the best lessons children learn through video games is standing still will get them killed quicker than anything else.

Milea, Jinx

11.

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

12.

The only way you can bring in the harvest in the fall is to plant in the spring, and to water, weed, fertilize in the summer

13.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Jerome, St.

14.

Activity and sadness are incompatible.

15.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Turner, Ted

16.

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

Plutarch

17.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Drucker, Peter F.

18.

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

19.

Heaven never helps the men who will not act.

Sophocles

20.

Do it now. Then it's done.

21.

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

Auerbach, Red

22.

If you want a thing done, go. If not, send. The shortest answer is doing.

Proverb, English

23.

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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The successful men of action are not sufficiently self-observant to know exactly on what their success depends.

Jacobs, Joseph

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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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Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.

Confucius

27.

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.

Stone, W. Clement

28.

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often

29.

Let us be tried by our actions.

Motto

30.

You don't have to get it right the first time.

Sher, Barbara

31.

Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

32.

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

33.

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

34.

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

35.

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

Bowkett, Chris

36.

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

Roger, John

37.

Act, don't react!

38.

It is not good enough for things to be planned -- they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation.

Khan, Pir Vilayat

39.

Act like you expect to get into the end zone.

Paterno, Joe

40.

He who limps is still walking.

Lec, Stanislaw J.

41.

Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing.

Shakespeare, William

42.

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

43.

The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs

Proverb, Irish

44.

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

Picasso, Pablo

45.

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

Hasselhoff, David

46.

Begin where you are; work where you are; the hour which you are now wasting, dreaming of some far off success may be crowded with grand possibilities.

Marden, Orison Swett

47.

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

Liter, James

48.

To begin, begin.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

49.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

50.

The search for the perfect venture can turn into procrastination. Your idea may or may not have merit. The key is to get started.