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

Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

Linall Jr. A. L.

Next in importance to having a good aim is to recognize when to pull the trigger.

Letterman, Elmer G.

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

Proverb, English

Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.

Saunders

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

Oh, I'm not going to do anything to them. The thought that I might will be enough to keep them going.

Bowkett, Chris

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

Edison, Thomas A.

Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity.

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

Sartre, Jean-Paul

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Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute; What you can do, or dream you can, begin it.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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You don't have to get it right the first time.

Sher, Barbara

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Leap, and the net will appear.

Cameron, Julie

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If you start soon enough, you won't have to run to catch up.

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

Sandburg, Carl

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If you shoot for the stars and hit the moon, it's OK. But you've got to shoot for something. A lot of people don't even shoot.

Townsend, Robert

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If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.

Viscott, David

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Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

James, William

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Action expresses priorities.

Garfield, Charles A.

20.

The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.

D'Alembert

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Act, don't react!

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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

Clarke, James Freeman

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

Batt, Al

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A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.

Galsworthy, John

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

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The road of life can only reveal itself as it is traveled; each turn in the road reveals a surprise. Man's future is hidden.

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The view only changes for the lead dog.

Sergeant Preston of The Yukon

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Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.

Ovid

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

Proverb, Chinese

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

Iacocca, Lee

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Winning starts with beginning.

Schuller, Robert H.

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When deeds speak, words are nothing.

Proverb, African

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Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open.

Pine, Arthur

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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Grant, Heber J.

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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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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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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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The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.

Pound, Ezra

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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

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.

Roger, John

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A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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It is better to rust out than wear out.