Motivational Quotes

Action

Begin to free yourself at once by doing all that is possible with the means you have, and as you proceed in this spirit the way will open for you to do more.

- Collier, Robert

Best Quotes about Action

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

Levi, Peter

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.

Stone, W. Clement

Begin to free yourself at once by doing all that is possible with the means you have, and as you proceed in this spirit the way will open for you to do more.

Collier, Robert

The only way to start is to start.

You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.

Hazlitt, William

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

Quarles, Francis

Those old faces, in Pasadena, California, and Tucson, Arizona, and Dallas, crumpling in hatred and fear at the mention of the United Nations or those liberals in government who constitute for them the fifth column of communism, yearn for an America that is as far from the society of the present as is the extended family system in village India.

Segal, Ronald

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

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

Iacocca, Lee

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Like other revolutionaries I can thank God for the reactionaries. They clarify the issue.

Collingwood, Robin G.

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To begin, begin.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

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

Cooley, Charles Horton

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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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How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive o all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.

Inge, Dean William R.

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Reactionary: A man walking backwards with his face to the future.

Bevan, Aneurin

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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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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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Action is the product of the qualities inherent in nature.

Bhagavad Gita

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Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious.

Amiel, Henri Frederic

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

Gracian, Baltasar

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The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Bible

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

Arendt, Hannah

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Act like you expect to get into the end zone.

Paterno, Joe

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Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

Hill, Napoleon

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If you want a thing done, go. If not, send. The shortest answer is doing.

Proverb, English

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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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It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.

Bruyere, Jean De La

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Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.

Wordsworth, William

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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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Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.

Aurelius, Marcus

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When deeds speak, words are nothing.

Proverb, African

34.

Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.

Hansen, Mark Victor

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It's no good agreeing with a person who can't make up his mind.

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

Gaulle, Charles De

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Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often

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Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Drucker, Peter F.

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Let us, if we must have great actions, make our own so. All action is of infinite elasticity, and the least admits of being inflated with celestial air, until it eclipses the sun and moon.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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The greatest step is out the door.

Proverb, German

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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

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It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done.

Woolf, Virginia

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All rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full.

Bible

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

Sandburg, Carl

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It is not whether your words or actions are tough or gentle; it is the spirit behind your actions and words that announces your inner state.

Ching Ning Chu

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You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.

Robbins, Anthony

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Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

Letterman, David

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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

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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

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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.