Motivational Quotes

Action

A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.

- Galsworthy, John

Best Quotes about Action

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

Iacocca, Lee

Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.

Proverb

Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

Eliot, George

A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.

Robbins, Anthony

The only way to start is to start.

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

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

Einstein, Albert

Big words seldom accompany good deeds.

Proverb, Danish

He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions.

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

10.

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

11.

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

12.

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

13.

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

Schuller, Robert H.

14.

Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

Wilde, Oscar

15.

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

James, William

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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

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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

19.

If you want to get along, go along.

Rayburn, Sam

20.

It is better to rust out than wear out.

Whitefield, George

21.

From small beginnings come great things.

Proverb, American

22.

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

Proverb, French

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Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute; What you can do, or dream you can, begin it.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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If you shoot for the stars and hit the moon, it's OK. But you've got to shoot for something. A lot of people don't even shoot.

Townsend, Robert

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So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.

Iacocca, Lee

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My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.

Kelland, Clarence Buddinton

27.

Many are called but few get up.

Herford, Oliver

28.

Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do, if it were my last of life.

Edwards, Edward

29.

The view only changes for the lead dog.

Sergeant Preston of The Yukon

30.

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

Hugo, Victor

31.

You can't start at the top.

Levenson, Samuel

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No one will do it for you.

Stein, Ben

33.

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

34.

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

35.

Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.

Hansen, Mark Victor

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

Shirley, James

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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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A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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Act, don't react!