Motivational Quotes

Action

If you think about it seriously, all the questions about the soul and the immortality of the soul and paradise and hell are at bottom only a way of seeing this very simple fact: that every action of ours is passed on to others according to its value, of good or evil, it passes from father to son, from one generation to the next, in a perpetual movement.

- Gramsci, Antonio

Best Quotes about Action

When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.

Clemenceau, Georges

It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

Bronte, Charlotte

To begin, begin.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

Act, don't react!

Sings. Hope in every sphere of life is a privilege that attaches to action. No action, no hope.

Levi, Peter

Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt.

Cousins, Norman

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

Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

Linall Jr. A. L.

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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Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.

Saunders

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Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity.

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

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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

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He who strikes first, strikes twice.

Proverb, Mexican

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Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Drucker, Peter F.

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

Balzac, Honore De

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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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Do every act of your life as if it were your last.

Aurelius, Marcus

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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

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

Maharshi, Ramana

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

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

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.

D'Alembert

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

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

Liter, James

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

Proverb, Chinese

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

Milne, A. A.

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We have all the light we need, we just need to put it in practice.

Pilgrim, Peace

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There should be less talk; a preaching point is not a meeting point. What do you do then? Take a broom and clean someone's house. That says enough.

Mother Teresa

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

Mencken, H. L.

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Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.

Aurelius, Marcus

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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

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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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He who limps is still walking.

Lec, Stanislaw J.

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What we need is to use what we have.

Walsh, Basil S.

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

Proverb

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I like these words -- they seem to suggest action: If you hear a kind word spoken Of some worthy soul you know, It may fill his heart with sunshine If you'd only tell him so. If a deed, however humble, helps you On your way to go, Seek the one whose hand has helped you. Seek him out and tell him so. If your heart is touched and tender Towards sinner log and low, It might help him to do better If you could only tell him so.

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Be both the gardener and the rose.

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Activity and sadness are incompatible.

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Heaven never helps the men who will not act.

Sophocles

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You don't have to get it right the first time.

Sher, Barbara

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Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.