Motivational Quotes

Action

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

- Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Best Quotes about Action

Believe in boys and girls and men and women of a great tomorrow that what so ever the boy soweth the man shall reap.

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

Bible

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.

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

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

You can never get enough of the things you don't need, because the things you don't need can never satisfy.

Ashton, Marvin J.

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.

Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.

Schuller, Robert H.

Heaven never helps the men who will not act.

Sophocles

10.

Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.

Amiel, Henri Frederic

11.

Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.

Pauling, Linus

12.

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

13.

He who strikes first, strikes twice.

Proverb, Mexican

14.

If you don't make things happen then things will happen to you.

Company, Lanes

15.

Thought is the organizing factor in man, intersected between the causal primary instincts and the resulting actions.

Einstein, Albert

16.

Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know.

Macdonald, George

17.

Do every act of your life as if it were your last.

Aurelius, Marcus

18.

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

19.

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

Bible

20.

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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Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for him to do. But every day, every hour, rushes by. There is no time.

Long, Haniel

22.

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

Proverb, German

23.

Winning starts with beginning.

Schuller, Robert H.

24.

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

25.

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

Brown, Les

26.

That spot of earth has special charms for me, in which a limited income produces happiness, and moderate wealth abundance.

Martial, Marcus Valerius

27.

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

Schwarzkopf, Norman

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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.

Aristotle

29.

The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.

Lichtenberg, Georg C.

30.

Your difficulty and my difficulty and the difficulty of every individual who ever desired to achieve something worthwhile, comes in the movement.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

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Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.

James, William

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The soul is made for action, and cannot rest till it be employed. Idleness is its rust. Unless it will up and think and taste and see, all is in vain.

Traherne, Thomas

33.

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can.

Smith, Sydney

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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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Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time. From this moment onwards you can be an entirely different person, filled with love and understanding, ready with an outstretched hand, uplifted and positive in every thought and deed.

Caddy, Eileen

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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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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 Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, Action, Action, Action.

Plutarch

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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

40.

In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.

Robbins, Anthony

41.

Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.

Aurelius, Marcus

42.

I am easily satisfied with the very best.

Churchill, Winston

43.

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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He who considers too much will perform little.