Motivational Quotes

Action

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything.

- Eliot, Sir John

Best Quotes about Action

From small beginnings come great things.

Proverb, American

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

Cass, Lewis

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Gide, Andre

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

Green, Dennis

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

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

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

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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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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Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.

Hansen, Mark Victor

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In action be primitive; in foresight, a strategist.

Char, Rene

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If your sword's too short, add to its length by taking one step forward.

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A sedentary life is the real sin against the Holy Spirit. Only those thoughts that come by walking have any value.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

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Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.

Curcio, Joan L.

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Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

Hugo, Victor

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

Saunders

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Only the actions of the just smell sweet and blossom in the dust.

Shirley, James

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To begin, begin.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

Gaulle, Charles De

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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn't, do something else.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open.

Pine, Arthur

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You can't aim a duck to death.

Boardman, Gael

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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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Doing leads more surely to talking than talking to doing.

Vinet

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I never worry about action, but only inaction.

Churchill, Winston

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The greatest potential for control tends to exist at the point where action takes place.

Allen, Loius A.

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Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often

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A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of action.. You must act as you breathe.

Clemenceau, Georges

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We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything.

Eliot, Sir John

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

Marley, Bob

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It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

Batt, Al

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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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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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The secret of getting things done is to act!

David, Benjamin O.

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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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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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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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Let your performance do the thinking.

Brown Jr., H. Jackson

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Don't look back, just keep on walking.

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

Holtz, Lou

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The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.