Motivational Quotes

Action

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

Best Quotes about Action

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

Amiel, Henri Frederic

Better to try something and fail than to try nothing and succeed.

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.

Stone, W. Clement

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

Einstein, Albert

Do it now. Then it's done.

Act, if you like, but you do it at your peril. Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read; and the

Pike, Albert

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

Proverb, Chinese

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

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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Gracian, Baltasar

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Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.

Mother Teresa

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Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

Proverb, Italian

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What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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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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You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree.

Morgan, John Pierpont

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There should be less talk; a preaching point is not a meeting point. What do you do then? Take a broom and clean someone's house. That says enough.

Mother Teresa

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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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Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.

Bergson, Henri L.

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Allow motion to equal emotion.

Hubbard, Elbert

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

Plutarch

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Do every act of your life as if it were your last.

Aurelius, Marcus

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Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.

Aurelius, Marcus

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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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Don't look back, just keep on walking.

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Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Buffett, Warren

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Do it this very moment, Don't put it off, There's no use in doing a kindness, if you do it a day too late.

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Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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You can't plow a field by turning it over in your mind.

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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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Thought is the organizing factor in man, intersected between the causal primary instincts and the resulting actions.

Einstein, Albert

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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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The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

Proverb, Chinese

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A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need.

Calderon de la Barca, Pedro

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Being stuck is a position few of us like. We want something new but cannot let go of the old -- old ideas, beliefs, habits, even thoughts. We are out of contact with our own genius. Sometimes we know we are stuck; sometimes we don't. In both cases we have to DO something.

Teekens, Inga

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

Milea, Jinx

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How long will they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look?

Marley, Bob

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

Schwarzkopf, Norman

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You can't aim a duck to death.