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

A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action --the ability to pass directly from thought to action.

Hoffer, Eric

Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Angelou, Maya

Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.

Iacocca, Lee

Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for him to do. But every day, every hour, rushes by. There is no time.

Long, Haniel

All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.

Einstein, Albert

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

Gaulle, Charles De

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

Roger, John

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

Iacocca, Lee

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Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often

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He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.

Horace

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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

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Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigor, and activity of man's nature.

South, Bishop Robert

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Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Jerome, St.

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

Quarles, Francis

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When deeds speak, words are nothing.

Proverb, African

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All such action would cease if those powerful elemental forces were to cease stirring within us.

Einstein, Albert

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Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.

Whittier, John Greenleaf

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A man's action is only a picture book of his creed.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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The road of life can only reveal itself as it is traveled; each turn in the road reveals a surprise. Man's future is hidden.

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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

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You have to make it happen.

Greene, Joe

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The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.

Frieseke, Frederick (Carl)

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

Rohn, Jim

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The only way to start is to start.

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Never confuse motion with action.

Franklin, Benjamin

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Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps, If you are not willing to move your feet.

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In action be primitive; in foresight, a strategist.

Char, Rene

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Believe in boys and girls and men and women of a great tomorrow that what so ever the boy soweth the man shall reap.

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Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.

Nehru, Jawaharlal

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Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.

Milne, A. A.

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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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Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.

Saunders

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

Bible

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

Smith, Liz

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Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it.

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Winning starts with beginning.

Schuller, Robert H.

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No one will do it for you.

Stein, Ben

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

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

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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

Holtz, Lou

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

Wattles, Wallace D.

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We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.