Motivational Quotes

Action

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

- James, William

Best Quotes about Action

1.

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

Allen, Loius A.

2.

Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.

Pauling, Linus

3.

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

4.

Activity and sadness are incompatible.

5.

Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.

Proverb

6.

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

7.

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

8.

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.

Wordsworth, William

9.

He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions.

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

10.

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

Gorski, Nick

11.

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

12.

Backbone beats wishbone every time.

13.

People sitting on top of the world, usually arrived there standing up.

14.

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

15.

Take action in order to move toward your goals.

Brown, Les

16.

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

Curcio, Joan L.

17.

Action is the product of the qualities inherent in nature.

Bhagavad Gita

18.

Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity.

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

19.

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

20.

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

21.

All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them. [Matthew 7:12]

Bible

22.

Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

Hill, Napoleon

23.

'Tis God gives skill, but not without men's hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivarius's violins without Antonio.

Eliot, George

24.

Either move or be moved.

Powell, Colin

25.

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.

Mother Teresa

26.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.

Aristotle

27.

It's easy to work for somebody else; all you have to do is show up.

Warford, Rita

28.

It was prettily devised of Aesop, The fly sat on the axle tree of the chariot wheel and said,what dust do I raise!

Bacon, Francis

29.

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

Proverb, Chinese

30.

I didn't think; I experimented.

Roentgen, Wilhelm

31.

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

32.

When all is said and done, more is said than done.

Holtz, Lou

33.

Action is the real measure of intelligence.

Hill, Napoleon

34.

What really matters is what you do with what you have.

Lord, Shirley

35.

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

36.

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

37.

Do every act of your life as if it were your last.

Aurelius, Marcus

38.

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

Hugo, Victor

39.

Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.

Fichte, Johann G.

40.

How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive o all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.

Inge, Dean William R.

41.

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

Dyer, Wayne

42.

The search for the perfect venture can turn into procrastination. Your idea may or may not have merit. The key is to get started.

43.

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.

44.

He is rich that is satisfied.

Fuller, Thomas