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

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

Levin, James

We are taught by great actions that the universe is the property of every individual in it.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.

Sandburg, Carl

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

Bevan, Aneurin

Suit the action to the world, the world to the action, with this special observance, that you overstep not the modesty of nature.

Shakespeare, William

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

James, William

You must get involved to have an impact. No one is impressed with the won-lost record of the referee.

Holcomb, John H.

If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.

Viscott, David

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Good things happen to those who hustle.

Noll, Chuck

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

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

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Existence was given us for action. Our worth is determined by the good deed we do, rather than by the fine emotions we feel,

Magnin, Edgar F.

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Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

Letterman, David

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Action is character.

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In this country men seem to live for action as long as they can and sink into apathy when they retire.

Adams, Charles Francis

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It's better to waste one's youth than to do nothing with it at all.

Courteline, Georges

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

Gracian, Baltasar

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In action be primitive; in foresight, a strategist.

Char, Rene

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Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

Roosevelt, Theodore

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Talk doesn't cook rice.

Proverb, Chinese

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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.

24.

Let your hook always be cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be a fish.

Ovid

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Activity and sadness are incompatible.

26.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Turner, Ted

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

Franklin, Benjamin

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It is not good enough for things to be planned -- they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation.

Khan, Pir Vilayat

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The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Berger, Sally

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Backbone beats wishbone every time.

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The secret of getting things done is to act!

David, Benjamin O.

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He who limps is still walking.

Lec, Stanislaw J.

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You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.

Gerstner, Lou

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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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Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless.

Arendt, Hannah

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

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Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.

Ross, Percy

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Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt.

Cousins, Norman

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

Pancoast, Mal

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It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done.

Woolf, Virginia

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The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.

Perot, H. Ross

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There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is on a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.

Graham, Martha

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To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last --but eat you he will.

Reagan, Ronald

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

Holtz, Lou

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Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.

Rowan, Carl

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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.

Clarke, James Freeman

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The greatest step is out the door.