Motivational Quotes

Action

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

- Gracian, Baltasar

Best Quotes about Action

We will not know unless we begin.

Zinn, Howard

Doing leads more surely to talking than talking to doing.

Vinet

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

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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

Carlyle, Thomas

As one acts and conducts himself, so does he become. The doer of good becomes good. The doer of evil becomes evil. One becomes virtuous by virtuous action, bad by bad action.

Upanishads, Veda

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

Bergson, Henri L.

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

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

Bible

Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of thought.

Heine, Heinrich

10.

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.

Canfield, Jack

11.

In action be primitive; in foresight, a strategist.

Char, Rene

12.

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

13.

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

Warford, Rita

14.

You can never get enough of the things you don't need, because the things you don't need can never satisfy.

Ashton, Marvin J.

15.

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

Smiles, Samuel

16.

We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.

Aristotle

17.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Berger, Sally

18.

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

19.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

Schmidt, Helmut

20.

Some will, some don't, so what!

Proverb, American

21.

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

Clarke, James Freeman

22.

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

Iacocca, Lee

23.

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often

24.

The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology.

Auerbach, Red

25.

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what people say. I just watch what they do.

Carnegie, Andrew

26.

Let us be tried by our actions.

Motto

27.

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

Schuller, Robert H.

28.

Two-thirds of promotion is motion

29.

Act like you expect to get into the end zone.

Paterno, Joe

30.

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

31.

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

Martial, Marcus Valerius

32.

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

Holmes, Marjorie

33.

The odds of hitting your target go up dramatically when you aim at it.

Pancoast, Mal

34.

Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it.

Gandhi, Mahatma

35.

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

Milne, A. A.

36.

We are born to action; and whatever is capable of suggesting and guiding action has power over us from the first.

Cooley, Charles Horton

37.

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

Schopenhauer, Arthur

38.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Turner, Ted

39.

Begin somewhere: you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

Smith, Liz

40.

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.

Francis De Sales, St.

41.

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.

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Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.

Landon, Michael

43.

Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.

Amiel, Henri Frederic

44.

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

Bible

46.

Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.

Pauling, Linus

47.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Grant, Heber J.

48.

Act, if you like, but you do it at your peril. Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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