Motivational Quotes

Action

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

- Holtz, Lou

Best Quotes about Action

1.

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

Ziglar, Zig

2.

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

Lincoln, Abraham

3.

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

4.

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

5.

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

6.

Backbone beats wishbone every time.

7.

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

Dyer, Wayne

8.

Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is solid.

Carlyle, Thomas

9.

Many are called but few get up.

Herford, Oliver

10.

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

11.

I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.

Mencken, H. L.

12.

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

Proverb, Chinese

13.

Keep your head and your heart going in the right direction and you will not have to worry about your feet.

14.

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

Proverb, Chinese

15.

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

Ennius, Quintus

16.

The soul is made for action, and cannot rest till it be employed. Idleness is its rust. Unless it will up and think and taste and see, all is in vain.

Traherne, Thomas

17.

In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.

Hammarskjold, Dag

18.

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

19.

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

Milne, A. A.

20.

Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open.

Pine, Arthur

21.

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

22.

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

Bible

23.

Every action we take, everything we do, is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be.

Byrhhe, Anne

24.

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

25.

The only way you can bring in the harvest in the fall is to plant in the spring, and to water, weed, fertilize in the summer

26.

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

Collingwood, Robin G.

27.

The ancestor of every action is thought.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

28.

You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.

Gerstner, Lou

29.

The best way to get something done is to begin.

30.

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

Adams, Charles Francis

31.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Jerome, St.

32.

I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.

Schuller, Robert H.

33.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Turner, Ted

34.

Act, don't react!

35.

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

36.

To talk goodness is not good... only to do it is.

Proverb, Chinese

37.

From small beginnings come great things.

Proverb, American

38.

Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.

Rogers, Will

39.

A man's action is only a picture book of his creed.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

40.

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

Bowkett, Chris

41.

When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, Action, Action, Action.

Plutarch

42.

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

43.

Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.

Curcio, Joan L.

44.

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

Howells, William Dean

45.

It is better to rust out than wear out.

Whitefield, George

46.

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