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

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

Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

Saying, Zen

We are born to action; and whatever is capable of suggesting and guiding action has power over us from the first.

Cooley, Charles Horton

If your sword's too short, add to its length by taking one step forward.

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. [James 1:22]

Bible

It is better to rust out than wear out.

Whitefield, George

For as one star another far exceeds, So souls in heaven are placed by their deeds.

Greene, Robert

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

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

Proverb

10.

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

Aurelius, Marcus

11.

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

Holcomb, John H.

12.

Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.

Pauling, Linus

13.

Existence was given us for action. Our worth is determined by the good deed we do, rather than by the fine emotions we feel,

Magnin, Edgar F.

14.

Many are called but few get up.

Herford, Oliver

15.

Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do, if it were my last of life.

Edwards, Edward

16.

Action expresses priorities.

Garfield, Charles A.

17.

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

18.

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

Hammarskjold, Dag

19.

I will act as if what I do makes a difference.

James, William

20.

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

21.

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

22.

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

Shakespeare, William

23.

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

Proverb, American

24.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

25.

A human action becomes genuinely important when it springs from the soil of a clear-sighted awareness of the temporality and the ephemerally of everything human. It is only this awareness that can breathe any greatness into an action.

Havel, Vaclav

26.

Doing leads more surely to talking than talking to doing.

Vinet

27.

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

Confucius

28.

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

Proverb, Chinese

29.

Act quickly, think slowly.

Proverb, Greek

30.

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

31.

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

32.

What really distinguishes this generation in all countries from earlier generations... is its determination to act, its joy in action, the assurance of being able to change things by one's own efforts.

Arendt, Hannah

33.

All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them. [Matthew 7:12]

Bible

34.

Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are more adapted to the contemplative life can take upon themselves the works of the active life so as to become yet more apt for contemplation.

Aquinas, St. Thomas

35.

The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.

Sandburg, Carl

36.

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

Schuller, Robert H.

37.

Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.

James, William

38.

No sooner said than done -- so acts your man of worth.

Ennius, Quintus

39.

I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.

Stone, W. Clement

40.

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

41.

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

Gaulle, Charles De

42.

The soul is made for action, and cannot rest till it be employed. Idleness is its rust. Unless it will up and think and taste and see, all is in vain.

Traherne, Thomas

43.

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

44.

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

45.

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

46.

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

Bronowski, Jacob

47.

Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.

Proverb, Chinese

48.

I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.

Lewis, Harvey Spencer

49.

Our actions are like the terminations of verses, which we rhyme as we please.