Motivational Quotes

Action

Action is the real measure of intelligence.

- Hill, Napoleon

Best Quotes about Action

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.

Levin, James

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.

Lichtenberg, Georg C.

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

Never confuse motion with action.

Franklin, Benjamin

Good things happen to those who hustle.

Noll, Chuck

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

Gaulle, Charles De

Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

Carlyle, Thomas

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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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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Take action in order to move toward your goals.

Brown, Les

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If you want a thing done, go. If not, send. The shortest answer is doing.

Proverb, English

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'Tis God gives skill, but not without men's hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivarius's violins without Antonio.

Eliot, George

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The greatest step is out the door.

Proverb, German

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

Bible

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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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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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All rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full.

Bible

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

Mother Teresa

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I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.

Stone, W. Clement

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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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Act like you expect to get into the end zone.

Paterno, Joe

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Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree.

Morgan, John Pierpont

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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.

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

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The only way to start is to start.

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

Jacobs, Joseph

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If it were done when 'tis done, then t'were well. It were done quickly.

Shakespeare, William

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

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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

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

Marley, Bob

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

Lord, Shirley

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It is better to rust out than wear out.

Whitefield, George

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It is following the line of least resistance that makes men and rivers crooked.

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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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A sedentary life is the real sin against the Holy Spirit. Only those thoughts that come by walking have any value.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

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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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One of the best lessons children learn through video games is standing still will get them killed quicker than anything else.

Milea, Jinx

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The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.

Pound, Ezra

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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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You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.

Aikman, Leo

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

Croce, Benedetto

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For as one star another far exceeds, So souls in heaven are placed by their deeds.

Greene, Robert

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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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Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

Hugo, Victor

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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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All the reputedly powerful reactionaries are merely paper tigers. The reason is that they are divorced from the people. Look! Was not Hitler a paper tiger? Was Hitler not overthrown? U.S. imperialism has not yet been overthrown and it has the atomic bomb. I believe it also will be overthrown. It, too, is a paper tiger.

Zedong, Mao

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What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.

Proverb, Ibo