Motivational Quotes

Action

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

- Heine, Heinrich

Best Quotes about Action

The person of intellect is lost unless they unite with energy of character. When we have the lantern of Diogenese we must also have his staff.

Chamfort, Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De

All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.

Einstein, Albert

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

Batt, Al

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

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

Aurelius, Marcus

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

Jacobs, Joseph

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

Schwarzkopf, Norman

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

Schmidt, Helmut

If your sword's too short, add to its length by taking one step forward.

10.

Action makes more fortune than caution.

Clapiers, Luc De

11.

Try and trust will move mountains.

Proverb

12.

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

Cooley, Charles Horton

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Existence was given us for action. Our worth is determined by the good deed we do, rather than by the fine emotions we feel,

Magnin, Edgar F.

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Doing leads more surely to talking than talking to doing.

Vinet

15.

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

Roosevelt, Theodore

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He who strikes first, strikes twice.

Proverb, Mexican

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

Aristotle

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

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done.

Woolf, Virginia

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

Proverb, Chinese

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

Carnegie, Andrew

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

Ziglar, Zig

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

Proverb, French

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We are taught by great actions that the universe is the property of every individual in it.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Solve it. Solve it quickly, solve it right or wrong. If you solve it wrong, it will come back and slap you in the face, and then you can solve it right. Lying dead in the water and doing nothing is a comfortable alternative because it is without risk, but it is an absolutely fatal way to manage a business.

Watson, Thomas J.

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No sooner said than done -- so acts your man of worth.

Ennius, Quintus

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In this country men seem to live for action as long as they can and sink into apathy when they retire.

Adams, Charles Francis

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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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Effective action is always unjust.

Anouilh, Jean

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The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs

Proverb, Irish

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Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

Linall Jr. A. L.

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Begin where you are; work where you are; the hour which you are now wasting, dreaming of some far off success may be crowded with grand possibilities.

Marden, Orison Swett

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If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.

Viscott, David

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Do it this very moment, Don't put it off, There's no use in doing a kindness, if you do it a day too late.

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

Clarke, James Freeman

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He who walks with the lame learns how to limp.

Proverb, Latin