Motivational Quotes

Action

What you are will show in what you do.

- Edison, Thomas A.

Best Quotes about Action

Let every man or woman here, if you never hear me again, remember this, that if you wish to be great at all, you must begin where you are and with what you are. He who would be great anywhere must first be great in his own Philadelphia.

Conwell, Russel H.

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

Auerbach, Red

Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time. From this moment onwards you can be an entirely different person, filled with love and understanding, ready with an outstretched hand, uplifted and positive in every thought and deed.

Caddy, Eileen

It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.

Proverb, French

The search for the perfect venture can turn into procrastination. Your idea may or may not have merit. The key is to get started.

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

Pilgrim, Peace

Activity and sadness are incompatible.

What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.

Proverb, Ibo

It is better to rust out than wear out.

Whitefield, George

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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You will never win if you never begin.

Schuller, Robert H.

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Act, if you like, but you do it at your peril. Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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Try and trust will move mountains.

Proverb

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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

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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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I didn't think; I experimented.

Roentgen, Wilhelm

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

Holtz, Lou

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Logic will not change an emotion, but action will.

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

Hubbard, Kin

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

Proverb, American

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You must get involved to have an impact. No one is impressed with the won-lost record of the referee.

Holcomb, John H.

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

Wattles, Wallace D.

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

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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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A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need.

Calderon de la Barca, Pedro

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Oh, I'm not going to do anything to them. The thought that I might will be enough to keep them going.

Bowkett, Chris

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We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.

Aristotle

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

Sandburg, Carl

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

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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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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Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.

Aurelius, Marcus

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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

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Many are called but few get up.

Herford, Oliver

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Everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

Evans, Richard L.

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

Liter, James

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.

Schuller, Robert H.

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Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.

Pauling, Linus

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What you are will show in what you do.

Edison, Thomas A.

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The only way to start is to start.

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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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Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.

Rowan, Carl

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Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know.

Macdonald, George

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Take the first step, and your mind will mobilize all its forces to your aid. But the first essential is that you begin. Once the battle is startled, all that is within and without you will come to your assistance.

Collier, Robert

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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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Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.

Proverb

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If you stand still long enough, you'll get stuck

Hasselhoff, David

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Like other revolutionaries I can thank God for the reactionaries. They clarify the issue.