Motivational Quotes

Action

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

- Holtz, Lou

Best Quotes about Action

Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.

Iacocca, Lee

Act, don't react!

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

James, William

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

It is not whether your words or actions are tough or gentle; it is the spirit behind your actions and words that announces your inner state.

Ching Ning Chu

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

Proverb, Chinese

You have to make it happen.

Greene, Joe

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

Proverb, French

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Gracian, Baltasar

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The odds of hitting your target go up dramatically when you aim at it.

Pancoast, Mal

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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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Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Turner, Ted

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

Proverb, Irish

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Effective action is always unjust.

Anouilh, Jean

15.

There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is on a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.

Graham, Martha

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If you stand still long enough, you'll get stuck

Hasselhoff, David

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We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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He who strikes first, strikes twice.

Proverb, Mexican

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How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive to do thy duty; then you shall know what is in thee.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.

Picasso, Pablo

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You can't plow a field by turning it over in your mind.

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

James, William

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If you want a trait, act as if you already have the trait.

James, William

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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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Some people grin and bear it; others smile and do it.

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The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.

Quarles, Francis

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The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.

Hill, Napoleon

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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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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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It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.

Proverb, French

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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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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself.

Proverb, Chinese

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Now is the season for sailing; for already the chattering swallow is come and the pleasant west wind; the meadows bloom and the sea, tossed up with waves and rough blasts, has sunk to silence. Weigh thine anchors and unloose thy hawsers, O Mariner, and sail with all thy canvas set.

Tarentum, Leonidas of

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I am easily satisfied with the very best.

Churchill, Winston

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I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. Henceforth, I will repeat these words each hour, each day, everyday, until the words become as much a habit as my breathing, and the action which follows becomes as instinctive as the blinking of my eyelids. With these words I can condition my mind to perform every action necessary for my success. I will act now. I will repeat these words again and again and again. I will walk where failures fear to walk. I will work when failures seek rest. I will act now for now is all I have. Tomorrow is the day reserved for the labor of the lazy. I am not lazy. Tomorrow is the day when the failure will succeed. I am not a failure. I will act now. Success will not wait. If I delay, success will become wed to another and lost to me forever. This is the time. This is the place. I am the person.

Mandino, Og

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

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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

Wattles, Wallace D.

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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

43.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Jerome, St.

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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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Some people forget to plant in the spring, idle away the summer hours and then expect to reap in the fall.

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A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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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

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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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Never confuse motion with action.

Franklin, Benjamin

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You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.

Robbins, Anthony