Motivational Quotes

Action

How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive to do thy duty; then you shall know what is in thee.

- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Best Quotes about Action

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

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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

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

Those old faces, in Pasadena, California, and Tucson, Arizona, and Dallas, crumpling in hatred and fear at the mention of the United Nations or those liberals in government who constitute for them the fifth column of communism, yearn for an America that is as far from the society of the present as is the extended family system in village India.

Segal, Ronald

Some people forget to plant in the spring, idle away the summer hours and then expect to reap in the fall.

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

Marley, Bob

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

Bruyere, Jean De La

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

Warford, Rita

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

Holmes, Marjorie

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

Rohn, Jim

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Doing nothing is the most tiresome job in the world because you cannot quit and rest.

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

Milne, A. A.

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Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

Graffiti

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What really matters is what you do with what you have.

Lord, Shirley

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

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

Proverb, Italian

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Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.

Rowan, Carl

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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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We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

Disney, Walt

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A gold medal is a wonderful thing, but if you're not enough without the medal, you'll never be enough with it.

Movie, Cool Runnings

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The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.

Frieseke, Frederick (Carl)

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

Mother Teresa

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

Proverb, French

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What really distinguishes this generation in all countries from earlier generations... is its determination to act, its joy in action, the assurance of being able to change things by one's own efforts.

Arendt, Hannah

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Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.

Curcio, Joan L.

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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

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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

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Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.

Balzac, Honore De

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You have to be before you can do, and do before you can have.

Ziglar, Zig

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Many are called but few get up.

Herford, Oliver

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The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of the noblest.

Carlyle, Thomas

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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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An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.

Howells, William Dean

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The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.

Smiles, Samuel

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From small beginnings come great things.

Proverb, American

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No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

Fosdick, Harry Emerson

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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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Two-thirds of promotion is motion

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What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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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.