Motivational Quotes

Action

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

- Crow, Trammell

Best Quotes about Action

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

The view only changes for the lead dog.

Sergeant Preston of The Yukon

Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.

Picasso, Pablo

A sedentary life is the real sin against the Holy Spirit. Only those thoughts that come by walking have any value.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

Letterman, David

Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

Carlyle, Thomas

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

Gaulle, Charles De

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often

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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Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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You can't aim a duck to death.

Boardman, Gael

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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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I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

Taylor, Russell C.

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Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.

Milne, A. A.

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Before you can do something you must first be something.

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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Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.

Levin, James

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God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

Proverb, German

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An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.

Proverb, Mexican

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Some people grin and bear it; others smile and do it.

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The common conception is that motivation leads to action, but the reverse is true -- action precedes motivation. You have to prime the pump and get the juice flowing, which motivates you to work on your goals. Getting momentum going is the most difficult part of the job, and often taking the first step is enough to prompt you to make the best of your day.

Mckain, Robert J.

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Just as a flower which seems beautiful and has color but no perfume, so are the fruitless words of the man who speaks them but does them not.

Dhammapada

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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.

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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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Action makes more fortune than caution.

Clapiers, Luc De

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The secret of getting things done is to act!

David, Benjamin O.

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Action is the product of the qualities inherent in nature.

Bhagavad Gita

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It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

Eliot, George

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

Ovid

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Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is solid.

Carlyle, Thomas

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

Bible

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

Proverb, Chinese

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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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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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The only way to start is to start.

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Now is the season for sailing; for already the chattering swallow is come and the pleasant west wind; the meadows bloom and the sea, tossed up with waves and rough blasts, has sunk to silence. Weigh thine anchors and unloose thy hawsers, O Mariner, and sail with all thy canvas set.

Tarentum, Leonidas of

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Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Drucker, Peter F.

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How long will they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look?

Marley, Bob

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Allow motion to equal emotion.

Hubbard, Elbert

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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

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Do it this very moment, Don't put it off, There's no use in doing a kindness, if you do it a day too late.

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Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.

Rowan, Carl

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He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.

Horace

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To talk goodness is not good... only to do it is.

Proverb, Chinese