Motivational Quotes

Action

The ancestor of every action is thought.

- Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Best Quotes about Action

When a man dies, what does not leave him? The voice of a dead man goes into fire, his breath into wind, his eyes into the sun, his mind into the moon, his hearing into the quarters of heaven, his body into the land cheerfully. earth, his spirit into space

Upanishads, Veda

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

Do it now! can affect every phase of your life. It can help you do the things you should do but don't feel like doing. It can keep you from procrastinating when an unpleasant duty faces you. But it can also help you do those things that you want to do. It helps you seize those precious moments that, if lost, may never be retrieved.

Hill, Napoleon

Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

Carlyle, Thomas

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

James, William

Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.

Rowan, Carl

Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity.

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

You don't have to get it right the first time.

Sher, Barbara

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

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You have to be before you can do, and do before you can have.

Ziglar, Zig

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Action is the real measure of intelligence.

Hill, Napoleon

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One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time.

Wanamaker, John

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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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Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.

Wordsworth, William

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Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.

Schuller, Robert H.

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We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

Disney, Walt

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You will never win if you never begin.

Schuller, Robert H.

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Doing nothing is the most tiresome job in the world because you cannot quit and rest.

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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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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

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Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

Peale, Norman Vincent

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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Grant, Heber J.

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

Holtz, Lou

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

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

Levin, James

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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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No rules for success will work if you don't.

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Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Drucker, Peter F.

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Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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

Bible

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Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.

Fichte, Johann G.

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Don't look back, just keep on walking.

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Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.

Carlyle, Thomas

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

Schmidt, Helmut

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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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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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A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.

Calvin, John

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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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We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.

Robbins, Anthony

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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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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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Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by.

Holtz, Lou

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

Cooley, Charles Horton

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No one will do it for you.

Stein, Ben

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The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.

Hammarskjold, Dag

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You have to make it happen.

Greene, Joe