Motivational Quotes

Action

He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.

- Clarke, James Freeman

Best Quotes about Action

1.

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

Auerbach, Red

2.

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

Mother Teresa

3.

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

Mann, Horace

4.

An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.

Proverb, Mexican

5.

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

Milea, Jinx

6.

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

Lu Xun

7.

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything.

Eliot, Sir John

8.

Activity and sadness are incompatible.

9.

Winning starts with beginning.

Schuller, Robert H.

10.

Ideas won't keep, something must be done about them.

Whitehead, Alfred North

11.

How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive to do thy duty; then you shall know what is in thee.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

12.

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

Graffiti

13.

To talk goodness is not good... only to do it is.

Proverb, Chinese

14.

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

Shakespeare, William

15.

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

Confucius

16.

Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.

Proverb

17.

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

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

18.

The secret to success is to start from scratch and keep on scratching.

Green, Dennis

19.

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

20.

A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

21.

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

Aurelius, Marcus

22.

It is following the line of least resistance that makes men and rivers crooked.

23.

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

24.

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

Aurelius, Marcus

25.

What we need is to use what we have.

Walsh, Basil S.

26.

It was prettily devised of Aesop, The fly sat on the axle tree of the chariot wheel and said,what dust do I raise!

Bacon, Francis

27.

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

Proverb, Irish

28.

Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless.

Arendt, Hannah

29.

I like these words -- they seem to suggest action: If you hear a kind word spoken Of some worthy soul you know, It may fill his heart with sunshine If you'd only tell him so. If a deed, however humble, helps you On your way to go, Seek the one whose hand has helped you. Seek him out and tell him so. If your heart is touched and tender Towards sinner log and low, It might help him to do better If you could only tell him so.

30.

The greatest potential for control tends to exist at the point where action takes place.

Allen, Loius A.

31.

In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.

Hammarskjold, Dag

32.

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

Holmes, Marjorie

33.

Good things happen to those who hustle.

Noll, Chuck

34.

This body, full of faults, has yet one great quality: Whatever it encounters in this temporal life depends upon one's actions.

Nagarjuna, Siddha

35.

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

Ziglar, Zig

36.

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

37.

Act like you expect to get into the end zone.

Paterno, Joe

38.

You can't aim a duck to death.

Boardman, Gael

39.

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

Brown, Les

40.

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.