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

If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.

Maharshi, Ramana

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

Proverb, Chinese

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

Jacobs, Joseph

Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Buffett, Warren

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

Stevenson, Robert Louis

The soul is made for action, and cannot rest till it be employed. Idleness is its rust. Unless it will up and think and taste and see, all is in vain.

Traherne, Thomas

Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.

Balzac, Honore De

All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.

Einstein, Albert

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

Rogers, Will

10.

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

Proverb, German

11.

All the reputedly powerful reactionaries are merely paper tigers. The reason is that they are divorced from the people. Look! Was not Hitler a paper tiger? Was Hitler not overthrown? U.S. imperialism has not yet been overthrown and it has the atomic bomb. I believe it also will be overthrown. It, too, is a paper tiger.

Zedong, Mao

12.

Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.

13.

You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree.

Morgan, John Pierpont

14.

The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.

Quarles, Francis

15.

As our case is new, we must think and act anew.

Lincoln, Abraham

16.

Let your actions always speak for you, but be forever on guard against the terrible traps of false pride and conceit that can halt your progress. The next time you are tempted to boast, just place your fist in a full pail of water, and when you remove it, the hole remaining will give you a correct measure of your importance.

Mandino, Og

17.

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.

18.

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

19.

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

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

20.

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

Levin, James

21.

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

Smiles, Samuel

22.

No rules for success will work if you don't.

23.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

24.

I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. Henceforth, I will repeat these words each hour, each day, everyday, until the words become as much a habit as my breathing, and the action which follows becomes as instinctive as the blinking of my eyelids. With these words I can condition my mind to perform every action necessary for my success. I will act now. I will repeat these words again and again and again. I will walk where failures fear to walk. I will work when failures seek rest. I will act now for now is all I have. Tomorrow is the day reserved for the labor of the lazy. I am not lazy. Tomorrow is the day when the failure will succeed. I am not a failure. I will act now. Success will not wait. If I delay, success will become wed to another and lost to me forever. This is the time. This is the place. I am the person.

Mandino, Og

25.

It is following the line of least resistance that makes men and rivers crooked.

26.

Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.

Ross, Percy

27.

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

Carlyle, Thomas

28.

All such action would cease if those powerful elemental forces were to cease stirring within us.

Einstein, Albert

29.

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

Graffiti

30.

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

Schwarzkopf, Norman

31.

Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

Hill, Napoleon

32.

Act quickly, think slowly.

Proverb, Greek

33.

How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive to do thy duty; then you shall know what is in thee.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

34.

All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them. [Matthew 7:12]

Bible

35.

Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigor, and activity of man's nature.

South, Bishop Robert

36.

We are taught by great actions that the universe is the property of every individual in it.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

37.

Try and trust will move mountains.

Proverb

38.

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

Holmes, Marjorie

39.

Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.

Dyer, Wayne

40.

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

41.

Talk doesn't cook rice.

Proverb, Chinese

42.

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

Clarke, James Freeman

43.

I like these words -- they seem to suggest action: If you hear a kind word spoken Of some worthy soul you know, It may fill his heart with sunshine If you'd only tell him so. If a deed, however humble, helps you On your way to go, Seek the one whose hand has helped you. Seek him out and tell him so. If your heart is touched and tender Towards sinner log and low, It might help him to do better If you could only tell him so.

44.

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

Confucius

45.

We have all the light we need, we just need to put it in practice.

Pilgrim, Peace

46.

Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt.

Cousins, Norman

47.

Anything you do can get you fired; this includes doing nothing.

48.

It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.

Proverb, French

49.

You won't skid if you stay in a rut.

Hubbard, Kin

50.

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

Company, Lanes