Motivational Quotes

Action

If you don't make things happen then things will happen to you.

- Company, Lanes

Best Quotes about Action

In action be primitive; in foresight, a strategist.

Char, Rene

When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike you, do not wait until he has struck before you crush him.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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

Action expresses priorities.

Garfield, Charles A.

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

Galsworthy, John

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

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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

Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps, If you are not willing to move your feet.

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

Ziglar, Zig

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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way. We become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.

Aristotle

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

Graffiti

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Action makes more fortune than caution.

Clapiers, Luc De

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

Ennius, Quintus

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

Bruyere, Jean De La

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Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.

Fichte, Johann G.

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Act like you expect to get into the end zone.

Paterno, Joe

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

Sandburg, Carl

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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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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

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I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

Lincoln, Abraham

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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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Action is the product of the qualities inherent in nature.

Bhagavad Gita

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What you are will show in what you do.

Edison, Thomas A.

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

Proverb, Chinese

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Being stuck is a position few of us like. We want something new but cannot let go of the old -- old ideas, beliefs, habits, even thoughts. We are out of contact with our own genius. Sometimes we know we are stuck; sometimes we don't. In both cases we have to DO something.

Teekens, Inga

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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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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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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

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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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Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. [Matthew 7:12]

Bible

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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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Backbone beats wishbone every time.

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When all is said the greatest action is to limit and isolate one's self.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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A man's action is only a picture book of his creed.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.

Robbins, Anthony

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

Brown, Les

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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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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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If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen.

Dimaggio, Joe

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If you act like you know what you're doing, you can do anything you want -- except neurosurgery.

Lowenstein, John

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If you want to get along, go along.

Rayburn, Sam

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Let us be tried by our actions.

Motto

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Doing is a quantum leap from imagining. Thinking about swimming isn't much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the water can take your breath away. The defense force inside of us wants us to be cautious, to stay away from anything as intense as a new kind of action. Its job is to protect us, and it categorically avoids anything resembling danger. But it's often wrong. Anything worth doing is worth doing too soon.

Sher, Barbara

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Action is the real measure of intelligence.

Hill, Napoleon

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Before you can do something you must first be something.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Better to try something and fail than to try nothing and succeed.

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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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