Motivational Quotes

Action

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

- Einstein, Albert

Best Quotes about Action

Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

Linall Jr. A. L.

Two-thirds of promotion is motion

Before you can do something you must first be something.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

I will act as if what I do makes a difference.

James, William

A well begun is half ended.

Plato

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Cass, Lewis

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

Eliot, George

Between eighteen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with money, but with actions. Most men buy nothing.

Malraux, Andre

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

Picasso, Pablo

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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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But their intervention makes our acts to serve ever less merely the immediate claims of our instincts.

Einstein, Albert

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

Rohn, Jim

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The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.

Iacocca, Lee

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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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I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.

Lewis, Harvey Spencer

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Every action we take, everything we do, is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be.

Byrhhe, Anne

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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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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

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

Bible

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People sitting on top of the world, usually arrived there standing up.

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

Hubbard, Kin

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Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.

Saunders

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As one acts and conducts himself, so does he become. The doer of good becomes good. The doer of evil becomes evil. One becomes virtuous by virtuous action, bad by bad action.

Upanishads, Veda

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Logic will not change an emotion, but action will.

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

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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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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The best way to get something done is to begin.

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Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act.

Vivekananda, Swami

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When deeds speak, words are nothing.

Proverb, African

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My friend, why have you drifted so far away? All motion is relative, maybe it is you who have moved away by standing still.

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Keep your head and your heart going in the right direction and you will not have to worry about your feet.

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When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.

Clemenceau, Georges

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Activity and sadness are incompatible.

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Reactionary: A man walking backwards with his face to the future.

Bevan, Aneurin

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

Holtz, Lou

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If you want a trait, act as if you already have the trait.

James, William

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

Saying, Zen

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Big words seldom accompany good deeds.

Proverb, Danish

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

Smiles, Samuel

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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

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Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.

Mother Teresa

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Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.

Aurelius, Marcus

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Begin somewhere: you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

Smith, Liz

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Heaven never helps the men who will not act.