Motivational Quotes

Action

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

- James, William

Best Quotes about Action

Reactionary: A man walking backwards with his face to the future.

Bevan, Aneurin

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

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

Schuller, Robert H.

Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigor, and activity of man's nature.

South, Bishop Robert

The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of the noblest.

Carlyle, Thomas

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.

The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.

Frieseke, Frederick (Carl)

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

Holmes, Marjorie

A well begun is half ended.

Plato

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

Hammarskjold, Dag

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He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.

Horace

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Morgan, John Pierpont

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

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Talk doesn't cook rice.

Proverb, Chinese

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Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Buffett, Warren

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What really distinguishes this generation in all countries from earlier generations... is its determination to act, its joy in action, the assurance of being able to change things by one's own efforts.

Arendt, Hannah

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Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand -- and melting like a snowflake.

Ray, Marie Beyon

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The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.

Bushnell, Nolan

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Logic will not change an emotion, but action will.

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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

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It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.

Bruyere, Jean De La

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All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

Sartre, Jean-Paul

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Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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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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It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.

Proverb, French

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We are always getting ready to live, but never living.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Solve it. Solve it quickly, solve it right or wrong. If you solve it wrong, it will come back and slap you in the face, and then you can solve it right. Lying dead in the water and doing nothing is a comfortable alternative because it is without risk, but it is an absolutely fatal way to manage a business.

Watson, Thomas J.

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

Bible

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

Ennius, Quintus

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It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.

Troward, Thomas

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

Smiles, Samuel

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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

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Effective action is always unjust.

Anouilh, Jean

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When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.

Clemenceau, Georges

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We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

Gorski, Nick

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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

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Action makes more fortune than caution.

Clapiers, Luc De

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He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

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Next in importance to having a good aim is to recognize when to pull the trigger.

Letterman, Elmer G.

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It is better to rust out than wear out.

Whitefield, George

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Leap, and the net will appear.

Cameron, Julie

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

Collingwood, Robin G.

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As one acts and conducts himself, so does he become. The doer of good becomes good. The doer of evil becomes evil. One becomes virtuous by virtuous action, bad by bad action.

Upanishads, Veda

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

Proverb, Ibo

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It's no good agreeing with a person who can't make up his mind.

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The ancestor of every action is thought.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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He is rich that is satisfied.

Fuller, Thomas

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Every man of action has a strong dose of egoism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be regarded as high qualities if he can make them the means to achieve great ends.

Gaulle, Charles De