Motivational Quotes

Action

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

- Gorski, Nick

Best Quotes about Action

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

Act like you expect to get into the end zone.

Paterno, Joe

To begin, begin.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

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

Martial, Marcus Valerius

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

The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

Proverb, Chinese

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

Peale, Norman Vincent

We are all ruled in what we do by impulses; and these impulses are so organized that our actions in general serve for our self preservation and that of the race.

Einstein, Albert

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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Some will, some don't, so what!

Proverb, American

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When all is said the greatest action is to limit and isolate one's self.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Have a bias toward action -- let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.

Thalheimer, Richard

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When all is said and done, more is said than done.

Holtz, Lou

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The only way to start is to start.

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

Plutarch

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The best way to get something done is to begin.

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Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. [Matthew 7:12]

Bible

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Unless a capacity for thinking be accompanied by a capacity for action, a superior mind exists in torture.

Croce, Benedetto

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Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.

Aurelius, Marcus

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A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last --but eat you he will.

Reagan, Ronald

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Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.

Whittier, John Greenleaf

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

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Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

Hubbard, Elbert

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The only way you can bring in the harvest in the fall is to plant in the spring, and to water, weed, fertilize in the summer

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Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it.

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If you start soon enough, you won't have to run to catch up.

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Action is the real measure of intelligence.

Hill, Napoleon

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If you want to get along, go along.

Rayburn, Sam

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Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.

Marden, Orison Swett

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Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.

Fichte, Johann G.

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Let no one be deluded that a knowledge of the path can substitute for putting one foot in front of the other.

Richards, Mary Caroline

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My friend, why have you drifted so far away? All motion is relative, maybe it is you who have moved away by standing still.

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One thought driven home is better than three left on base.

Liter, James

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We will not know unless we begin.

Zinn, Howard

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One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.

Roger, John

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

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It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

Batt, Al

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The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is solid.

Carlyle, Thomas

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

Galsworthy, John

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I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. Henceforth, I will repeat these words each hour, each day, everyday, until the words become as much a habit as my breathing, and the action which follows becomes as instinctive as the blinking of my eyelids. With these words I can condition my mind to perform every action necessary for my success. I will act now. I will repeat these words again and again and again. I will walk where failures fear to walk. I will work when failures seek rest. I will act now for now is all I have. Tomorrow is the day reserved for the labor of the lazy. I am not lazy. Tomorrow is the day when the failure will succeed. I am not a failure. I will act now. Success will not wait. If I delay, success will become wed to another and lost to me forever. This is the time. This is the place. I am the person.

Mandino, Og

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Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.

Proverb, Chinese

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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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All such action would cease if those powerful elemental forces were to cease stirring within us.

Einstein, Albert

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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.