Motivational Quotes

Action

No sooner said than done -- so acts your man of worth.

- Ennius, Quintus

Best Quotes about Action

You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.

Aikman, Leo

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.

Mother Teresa

'Tis God gives skill, but not without men's hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivarius's violins without Antonio.

Eliot, George

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

Aurelius, Marcus

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Adams, Charles Francis

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

Viscott, David

We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.

Aristotle

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

Shirley, James

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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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Let every man or woman here, if you never hear me again, remember this, that if you wish to be great at all, you must begin where you are and with what you are. He who would be great anywhere must first be great in his own Philadelphia.

Conwell, Russel H.

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Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.

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The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.

Rohn, Jim

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

Martial, Marcus Valerius

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The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Marley, Bob

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Don't think, just do.

Horton, Reiko

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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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Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand -- and melting like a snowflake.

Ray, Marie Beyon

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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

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I didn't think; I experimented.

Roentgen, Wilhelm

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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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Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read; and the

Pike, Albert

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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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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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A man's action is only a picture book of his creed.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Doing is a quantum leap from imagining. Thinking about swimming isn't much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the water can take your breath away. The defense force inside of us wants us to be cautious, to stay away from anything as intense as a new kind of action. Its job is to protect us, and it categorically avoids anything resembling danger. But it's often wrong. Anything worth doing is worth doing too soon.

Sher, Barbara

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I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts.

Mann, Horace

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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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Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.

Canfield, Jack

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To talk goodness is not good... only to do it is.

Proverb, Chinese

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In action be primitive; in foresight, a strategist.

Char, Rene

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

Sandburg, Carl

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Winning starts with beginning.

Schuller, Robert H.

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Every man of action has a strong dose of egoism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be regarded as high qualities if he can make them the means to achieve great ends.

Gaulle, Charles De

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He who considers too much will perform little.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

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I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.

Schuller, Robert H.

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A well begun is half ended.

Plato

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Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our own deeds.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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

Iacocca, Lee

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He is rich that is satisfied.

Fuller, Thomas

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You won't skid if you stay in a rut.

Hubbard, Kin

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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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The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.

Quarles, Francis

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From small beginnings come great things.

Proverb, American

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Some people grin and bear it; others smile and do it.

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The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.

D'Alembert

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Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.

Schuller, Robert H.

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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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Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.

Confucius