Motivational Quotes

Action

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

- Confucius

Best Quotes about Action

Unless a capacity for thinking be accompanied by a capacity for action, a superior mind exists in torture.

Croce, Benedetto

The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number.

Hutcheson, Francis

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

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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

Brown, Les

Solve it. Solve it quickly, solve it right or wrong. If you solve it wrong, it will come back and slap you in the face, and then you can solve it right. Lying dead in the water and doing nothing is a comfortable alternative because it is without risk, but it is an absolutely fatal way to manage a business.

Watson, Thomas J.

It's easy to work for somebody else; all you have to do is show up.

Warford, Rita

Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful.

Wattles, Wallace D.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time.

Wanamaker, John

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

Holmes, Marjorie

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The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.

Tolstoy, Count Leo

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Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

Schopenhauer, Arthur

14.

It is better to rust out than wear out.

Whitefield, George

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

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

Hammarskjold, Dag

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We are all ruled in what we do by impulses; and these impulses are so organized that our actions in general serve for our self preservation and that of the race.

Einstein, Albert

18.

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

Sher, Barbara

19.

An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.

Howells, William Dean

20.

You can't aim a duck to death.

Boardman, Gael

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

Nagarjuna, Siddha

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

Gracian, Baltasar

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I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.

Mencken, H. L.

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The only way to start is to start.

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

Levi, Peter

26.

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

Saying, Zen

27.

Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.

Amiel, Henri Frederic

28.

It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.

Troward, Thomas

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

Auerbach, Red

30.

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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There's as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something.

Crow, Trammell

32.

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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Thought is the organizing factor in man, intersected between the causal primary instincts and the resulting actions.

Einstein, Albert

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

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

Lu Xun

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The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.

Perot, H. Ross

38.

Action is character.

39.

To begin, begin.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

40.

Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.

Rowan, Carl

41.

We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.

Robbins, Anthony

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Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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There is no use trying, said Alice; one can't believe impossible things. I dare say you haven't had much practice, said the Queen. When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

Carroll, Lewis

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

Whitehead, Alfred North

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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

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No one will do it for you.

Stein, Ben

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The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.

Frieseke, Frederick (Carl)

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The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.

Bushnell, Nolan

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Backbone beats wishbone every time.