Motivational Quotes

Action

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.

- Holmes, Oliver Wendell

Best Quotes about Action

Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.

Dyer, Wayne

The greatest potential for control tends to exist at the point where action takes place.

Allen, Loius A.

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

Iacocca, Lee

Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

Proverb, Italian

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Holtz, Lou

One mustn't allow acting to be like stockbroker -- you must not take it just as a means of earning a living, to go down every day to do a job of work. The big thing is to combine punctuality, efficiency, good nature, obedience, intelligence, and concentration with an unawareness of what is going to happen next, thus keeping yourself available for excitement.

Gielgud, John

Some will, some don't, so what!

Proverb, American

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

Einstein, Albert

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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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Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia.

Carrel, Alexis

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Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Auerbach, Red

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An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.

Howells, William Dean

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Begin to free yourself at once by doing all that is possible with the means you have, and as you proceed in this spirit the way will open for you to do more.

Collier, Robert

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Big words seldom accompany good deeds.

Proverb, Danish

18.

If you act like you know what you're doing, you can do anything you want -- except neurosurgery.

Lowenstein, John

19.

Two-thirds of promotion is motion

20.

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

Proverb, German

21.

I am easily satisfied with the very best.

Churchill, Winston

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Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute; What you can do, or dream you can, begin it.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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The road of life can only reveal itself as it is traveled; each turn in the road reveals a surprise. Man's future is hidden.

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Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read; and the

Pike, Albert

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The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.

Rohn, Jim

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

Ziglar, Zig

27.

Better to try something and fail than to try nothing and succeed.

28.

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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Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

Hubbard, Elbert

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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.

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Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.

Confucius

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Doing nothing is the most tiresome job in the world because you cannot quit and rest.

33.

Backbone beats wishbone every time.

34.

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

35.

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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Do it now! can affect every phase of your life. It can help you do the things you should do but don't feel like doing. It can keep you from procrastinating when an unpleasant duty faces you. But it can also help you do those things that you want to do. It helps you seize those precious moments that, if lost, may never be retrieved.

Hill, Napoleon

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Many are called but few get up.

Herford, Oliver

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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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A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.

Robbins, Anthony

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

Aristotle

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One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.

Roger, 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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One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action --the ability to pass directly from thought to action.

Hoffer, Eric

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The common conception is that motivation leads to action, but the reverse is true -- action precedes motivation. You have to prime the pump and get the juice flowing, which motivates you to work on your goals. Getting momentum going is the most difficult part of the job, and often taking the first step is enough to prompt you to make the best of your day.

Mckain, Robert J.

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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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Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful.

Wattles, Wallace D.

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

Smiles, Samuel

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