Motivational Quotes

Action

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

- Gaulle, Charles De

Best Quotes about Action

Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself.

Proverb, Chinese

Begin to free yourself at once by doing all that is possible with the means you have, and as you proceed in this spirit the way will open for you to do more.

Collier, Robert

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.

Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing.

Shakespeare, William

Don't think, just do.

Horton, Reiko

What you are will show in what you do.

Edison, Thomas A.

If you want to get along, go along.

Rayburn, Sam

When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike you, do not wait until he has struck before you crush him.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

As our case is new, we must think and act anew.

Lincoln, Abraham

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If you want a thing done, go. If not, send. The shortest answer is doing.

Proverb, English

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No, Ernest, don't talk about action. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

Wilde, Oscar

12.

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

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Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

14.

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

15.

It is better to rust out than wear out.

Whitefield, George

16.

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

Bible

17.

The view only changes for the lead dog.

Sergeant Preston of The Yukon

18.

He is rich that is satisfied.

Fuller, Thomas

19.

You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.

Gerstner, Lou

20.

Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia.

Carrel, Alexis

21.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Gracian, Baltasar

22.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Like other revolutionaries I can thank God for the reactionaries. They clarify the issue.

Collingwood, Robin G.

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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.

Clarke, James Freeman

25.

If you act like you know what you're doing, you can do anything you want -- except neurosurgery.

Lowenstein, John

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The successful men of action are not sufficiently self-observant to know exactly on what their success depends.

Jacobs, Joseph

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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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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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Let your actions always speak for you, but be forever on guard against the terrible traps of false pride and conceit that can halt your progress. The next time you are tempted to boast, just place your fist in a full pail of water, and when you remove it, the hole remaining will give you a correct measure of your importance.

Mandino, Og

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A human action becomes genuinely important when it springs from the soil of a clear-sighted awareness of the temporality and the ephemerally of everything human. It is only this awareness that can breathe any greatness into an action.

Havel, Vaclav

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I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.

Mencken, H. L.

32.

If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.

Maharshi, Ramana

33.

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

Eliot, George

34.

Never confuse motion with action.

Franklin, Benjamin

35.

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

Proverb, Chinese

36.

Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.

Bergson, Henri L.

37.

What we need is to use what we have.

Walsh, Basil S.

38.

From small beginnings come great things.

Proverb, American

39.

I am easily satisfied with the very best.

Churchill, Winston

40.

Backbone beats wishbone every time.

41.

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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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

43.

Activity and sadness are incompatible.

44.

Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

Hill, Napoleon

45.

Everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

Evans, Richard L.

46.

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

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As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.

Lu Xun

48.

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything.

Eliot, Sir John

49.

Let your hook always be cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be a fish.

Ovid

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In action be primitive; in foresight, a strategist.

Char, Rene