Motivational Quotes

Action

You must get involved to have an impact. No one is impressed with the won-lost record of the referee.

- Holcomb, John H.

Best Quotes about Action

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

You must get involved to have an impact. No one is impressed with the won-lost record of the referee.

Holcomb, John H.

Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.

James, William

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

Ziglar, Zig

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

Bible

Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

Let your actions always speak for you, but be forever on guard against the terrible traps of false pride and conceit that can halt your progress. The next time you are tempted to boast, just place your fist in a full pail of water, and when you remove it, the hole remaining will give you a correct measure of your importance.

Mandino, Og

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

Milne, A. A.

You can't start at the top.

Levenson, Samuel

10.

When deeds speak, words are nothing.

Proverb, African

11.

Good things happen to those who hustle.

Noll, Chuck

12.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

Hubbard, Elbert

13.

A gold medal is a wonderful thing, but if you're not enough without the medal, you'll never be enough with it.

Movie, Cool Runnings

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Our actions are like the terminations of verses, which we rhyme as we please.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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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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Between eighteen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with money, but with actions. Most men buy nothing.

Malraux, Andre

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Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by.

Holtz, Lou

18.

Like other revolutionaries I can thank God for the reactionaries. They clarify the issue.

Collingwood, Robin G.

19.

Do it now. Then it's done.

20.

Don't think, just do.

Horton, Reiko

21.

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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The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.

Tolstoy, Count Leo

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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.

24.

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Gide, Andre

25.

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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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

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Never mind your happiness; do your duty.

Durant, William J.

28.

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

Clarke, James Freeman

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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

30.

Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps, If you are not willing to move your feet.

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Oh, I'm not going to do anything to them. The thought that I might will be enough to keep them going.

Bowkett, Chris

32.

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

33.

It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.

Nin, Anais

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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

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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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I will act as if what I do makes a difference.

James, William

37.

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

Smiles, Samuel

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

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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Action is the real measure of intelligence.

Hill, Napoleon

40.

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

Holmes, Marjorie

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Effective action is always unjust.

Anouilh, Jean

42.

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

Maharshi, Ramana

43.

Let us, if we must have great actions, make our own so. All action is of infinite elasticity, and the least admits of being inflated with celestial air, until it eclipses the sun and moon.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Pilgrim, Peace

45.

Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.

Ross, Percy

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Action expresses priorities.

Garfield, Charles A.

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Take the first step, and your mind will mobilize all its forces to your aid. But the first essential is that you begin. Once the battle is startled, all that is within and without you will come to your assistance.

Collier, Robert

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The ancestor of every action is thought.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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No, Ernest, don't talk about action. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

Wilde, Oscar

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Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often