Motivational Quotes

Action

Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.

- Curcio, Joan L.

Best Quotes about Action

Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn't, do something else.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

Let your performance do the thinking.

Brown Jr., H. Jackson

The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.

Lichtenberg, Georg C.

The view only changes for the lead dog.

Sergeant Preston of The Yukon

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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

Cooley, Charles Horton

People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do.

Cass, Lewis

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

What you are will show in what you do.

Edison, Thomas A.

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Do it now. Then it's done.

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He who considers too much will perform little.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

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The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of the noblest.

Carlyle, Thomas

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Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.

Rogers, Will

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

Wanamaker, John

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I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.

Keller, Helen

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The successful men of action are not sufficiently self-observant to know exactly on what their success depends.

Jacobs, Joseph

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

James, William

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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

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When all is said and done, more is said than done.

Holtz, Lou

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

Fichte, Johann G.

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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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The odds of hitting your target go up dramatically when you aim at it.

Pancoast, Mal

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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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Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.

Iacocca, Lee

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The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.

Rohn, Jim

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The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.

Smiles, Samuel

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

Troward, Thomas

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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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It is better to rust out than wear out.

Whitefield, George

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There should be less talk; a preaching point is not a meeting point. What do you do then? Take a broom and clean someone's house. That says enough.

Mother Teresa

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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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Action is the product of the qualities inherent in nature.

Bhagavad Gita

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One thought driven home is better than three left on base.

Liter, James

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.

James, William

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

Hammarskjold, Dag

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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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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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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Gide, Andre

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Either move or be moved.

Powell, Colin

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

Proverb, Chinese

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No, Ernest, don't talk about action. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

Wilde, Oscar

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

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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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Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

Schmidt, Helmut

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You can't start at the top.

Levenson, Samuel

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Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.

Bergson, Henri L.

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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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People say to me, You were a roaring success. How did you do it? I go back to what my parents taught me. Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make something happen.

Iacocca, Lee