Motivational Quotes

Action

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

- Cass, Lewis

Best Quotes about Action

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

Disney, Walt

No one will do it for you.

Stein, Ben

What the mind attends to, the mind considers. What the mind constantly considers, the mind believes. What the mind believes, the mind eventually does.

The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number.

Hutcheson, Francis

Have a bias toward action -- let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.

Thalheimer, Richard

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

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

Levi, Peter

Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.

Garibaldi, Giuseppe

You must get involved to have an impact. No one is impressed with the won-lost record of the referee.

Holcomb, John H.

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You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.

Francis De Sales, St.

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When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.

Clemenceau, Georges

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People say to me, You were a roaring success. How did you do it? I go back to what my parents taught me. Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make something happen.

Iacocca, Lee

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Never mind your happiness; do your duty.

Durant, William J.

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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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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.

Aristotle

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In this country men seem to live for action as long as they can and sink into apathy when they retire.

Adams, Charles Francis

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

Batt, Al

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In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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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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Winning starts with beginning.

Schuller, Robert H.

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Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

Eliot, George

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'Tis God gives skill, but not without men's hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivarius's violins without Antonio.

Eliot, George

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

Holtz, Lou

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

Gracian, Baltasar

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

Smith, Liz

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

Schmidt, Helmut

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

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Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.

Landon, Michael

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

Horace

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I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

Taylor, Russell C.

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The common conception is that motivation leads to action, but the reverse is true -- action precedes motivation. You have to prime the pump and get the juice flowing, which motivates you to work on your goals. Getting momentum going is the most difficult part of the job, and often taking the first step is enough to prompt you to make the best of your day.

Mckain, Robert J.

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Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.

Ross, Percy

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I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts.

Mann, Horace

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I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.

Schuller, Robert H.

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To begin, begin.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

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

Shakespeare, William

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

Ziglar, Zig

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Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.

Canfield, Jack

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Take action in order to move toward your goals.

Brown, Les

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You can never get enough of the things you don't need, because the things you don't need can never satisfy.

Ashton, Marvin J.

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Logic will not change an emotion, but action will.

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You can't start at the top.

Levenson, Samuel

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

Robbins, Anthony

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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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The ancestor of every action is thought.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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