Motivational Quotes

Action

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

Best Quotes about Action

Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.

Whittier, John Greenleaf

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

Confucius

No sooner said than done -- so acts your man of worth.

Ennius, Quintus

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

Levi, Peter

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

It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

Bronte, Charlotte

No one will do it for you.

Stein, Ben

One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.

Roger, John

All rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full.

Bible

10.

Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing.

Shakespeare, William

11.

Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.

Franklin, Benjamin

12.

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

Holmes, Marjorie

13.

I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.

Stone, W. Clement

14.

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

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The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.

Proudhon, Pierre Joseph

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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.

17.

If you think about it seriously, all the questions about the soul and the immortality of the soul and paradise and hell are at bottom only a way of seeing this very simple fact: that every action of ours is passed on to others according to its value, of good or evil, it passes from father to son, from one generation to the next, in a perpetual movement.

Gramsci, Antonio

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

Levin, James

20.

The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs

Proverb, Irish

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

James, William

22.

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

23.

It isn't sufficient just to want -- you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

Rosen, Richard D.

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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

25.

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

26.

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

Picasso, Pablo

27.

If you want a thing done, go. If not, send. The shortest answer is doing.

Proverb, English

28.

There's as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something.

Crow, Trammell

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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

30.

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

Hubbard, Kin

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A human action becomes genuinely important when it springs from the soil of a clear-sighted awareness of the temporality and the ephemerally of everything human. It is only this awareness that can breathe any greatness into an action.

Havel, Vaclav

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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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So many fail because they don't get started -- they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.

Stone, W. Clement

35.

It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.

Proverb, French

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Many have too much, but none enough.

Proverb, Danish

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The secret to success is to start from scratch and keep on scratching.

Green, Dennis

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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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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

40.

Action is character.

41.

The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.

Frieseke, Frederick (Carl)

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One mustn't allow acting to be like stockbroker -- you must not take it just as a means of earning a living, to go down every day to do a job of work. The big thing is to combine punctuality, efficiency, good nature, obedience, intelligence, and concentration with an unawareness of what is going to happen next, thus keeping yourself available for excitement.

Gielgud, John

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Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.

Garibaldi, Giuseppe

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

Schmidt, Helmut

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The only way you can bring in the harvest in the fall is to plant in the spring, and to water, weed, fertilize in the summer

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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor