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

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

Galsworthy, John

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

Iacocca, Lee

We are born to action; and whatever is capable of suggesting and guiding action has power over us from the first.

Cooley, Charles Horton

If you act like you know what you're doing, you can do anything you want -- except neurosurgery.

Lowenstein, John

Big words seldom accompany good deeds.

Proverb, Danish

He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions.

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

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

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.

Lu Xun

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Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk -- and to act.

Maltz, Maxwell

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Allow motion to equal emotion.

Hubbard, Elbert

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In the final analysis, the questions of why bad things happen to good people transmutes itself into some very different questions, no longer asking why something happened, but asking how we will respond, what we intend to do now that it happened.

Kushner, Rabbi Harold S.

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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

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He is rich that is satisfied.

Fuller, Thomas

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Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Act quickly, think slowly.

Proverb, Greek

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The view only changes for the lead dog.

Sergeant Preston of The Yukon

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

Liter, James

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Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Turner, Ted

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Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are more adapted to the contemplative life can take upon themselves the works of the active life so as to become yet more apt for contemplation.

Aquinas, St. Thomas

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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Gracian, Baltasar

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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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As I grow older, I pay less attention to what people say. I just watch what they do.

Carnegie, Andrew

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

Bevan, Aneurin

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It is better to rust out than wear out.

Whitefield, George

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

Frieseke, Frederick (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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The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

Proverb, Chinese

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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

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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

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The secret of getting things done is to act!

David, Benjamin O.

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

Bible

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Do it now. Then it's done.

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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

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Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.

Iacocca, Lee

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

Schmidt, Helmut

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Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.

Milne, A. A.

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I hear and I forget, I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

Proverb, Chinese

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You can't start at the top.

Levenson, Samuel

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It was prettily devised of Aesop, The fly sat on the axle tree of the chariot wheel and said,what dust do I raise!

Bacon, Francis

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For as one star another far exceeds, So souls in heaven are placed by their deeds.

Greene, Robert

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The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.

Hill, Napoleon

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A gold medal is a wonderful thing, but if you're not enough without the medal, you'll never be enough with it.

Movie, Cool Runnings

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Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.

Ovid

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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

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

Warford, Rita

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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

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Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.

Nehru, Jawaharlal

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We are always getting ready to live, but never living.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo