Motivational Quotes

Action

Thought is the organizing factor in man, intersected between the causal primary instincts and the resulting actions.

- Einstein, Albert

Best Quotes about Action

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

Morgan, John Pierpont

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

Gorski, Nick

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.

Aikman, Leo

Sings. Hope in every sphere of life is a privilege that attaches to action. No action, no hope.

Levi, Peter

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.

Tolstoy, Count Leo

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

Bible

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

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Berger, Sally

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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 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.

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A man's action is only a picture book of his creed.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Maharshi, Ramana

14.

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

Pancoast, Mal

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

James, William

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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.

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Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps, If you are not willing to move your feet.

18.

It's easy to work for somebody else; all you have to do is show up.

Warford, Rita

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It's no good agreeing with a person who can't make up his mind.

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A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Angelou, Maya

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It is not whether your words or actions are tough or gentle; it is the spirit behind your actions and words that announces your inner state.

Ching Ning Chu

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You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

Brown, Les

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

Marley, Bob

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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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Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do, if it were my last of life.

Edwards, Edward

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Allow motion to equal emotion.

Hubbard, Elbert

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

Auerbach, Red

29.

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. [James 1:22]

Bible

30.

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

Hasselhoff, David

31.

Some will, some don't, so what!

Proverb, American

32.

It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.

Bruyere, Jean De La

33.

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

Smith, Liz

34.

Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.

Proverb, Chinese

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A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.

Galsworthy, John

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Take action in order to move toward your goals.

Brown, Les

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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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The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number.

Hutcheson, Francis

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What really distinguishes this generation in all countries from earlier generations... is its determination to act, its joy in action, the assurance of being able to change things by one's own efforts.

Arendt, Hannah

40.

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

Hugo, Victor

41.

Many have too much, but none enough.

Proverb, Danish

42.

From small beginnings come great things.

Proverb, American

43.

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

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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Solve it. Solve it quickly, solve it right or wrong. If you solve it wrong, it will come back and slap you in the face, and then you can solve it right. Lying dead in the water and doing nothing is a comfortable alternative because it is without risk, but it is an absolutely fatal way to manage a business.

Watson, Thomas J.

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

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You can't aim a duck to death.

Boardman, Gael

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

Lichtenberg, Georg C.