Motivational Quotes

Action

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

- Franklin, Benjamin

Best Quotes about Action

He who strikes first, strikes twice.

Proverb, Mexican

It is following the line of least resistance that makes men and rivers crooked.

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

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich

He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.

Horace

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

Allow motion to equal emotion.

Hubbard, Elbert

It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.

Bruyere, Jean De La

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

Robbins, Anthony

10.

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

Eliot, George

11.

Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.

Milne, A. A.

12.

Action expresses priorities.

Garfield, Charles A.

13.

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. [James 1:22]

Bible

14.

Better to try something and fail than to try nothing and succeed.

15.

Let us be tried by our actions.

Motto

16.

Oh, I'm not going to do anything to them. The thought that I might will be enough to keep them going.

Bowkett, Chris

17.

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

Company, Lanes

18.

You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth.

Riley, Pat

19.

For as one star another far exceeds, So souls in heaven are placed by their deeds.

Greene, Robert

20.

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

James, William

21.

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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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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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

24.

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

Quarles, Francis

25.

Leap, and the net will appear.

Cameron, Julie

26.

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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Just as a flower which seems beautiful and has color but no perfume, so are the fruitless words of the man who speaks them but does them not.

Dhammapada

28.

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

Aurelius, Marcus

29.

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

30.

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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It's easy to work for somebody else; all you have to do is show up.

Warford, Rita

32.

It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.

Nin, Anais

33.

When we don't have what we like, we must like what we have.

Proverb, French

34.

You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.

Holmes, Marjorie

35.

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.

Keller, Helen

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Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

Saying, Zen

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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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Don't think, just do.

Horton, Reiko

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The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.

Hill, Napoleon

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Action is the real measure of intelligence.

Hill, Napoleon

41.

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

Plutarch

42.

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

Holcomb, John H.

43.

From small beginnings come great things.

Proverb, American

44.

No one will do it for you.

Stein, Ben

45.

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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Being stuck is a position few of us like. We want something new but cannot let go of the old -- old ideas, beliefs, habits, even thoughts. We are out of contact with our own genius. Sometimes we know we are stuck; sometimes we don't. In both cases we have to DO something.

Teekens, Inga

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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as courses, and they come back to us as effects.

Melville, Herman

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Big words seldom accompany good deeds.

Proverb, Danish

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I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

Taylor, Russell C.

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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