Motivational Quotes

Action

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

Best Quotes about Action

1.

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

Schwarzkopf, Norman

2.

Let your performance do the thinking.

Brown Jr., H. Jackson

3.

Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it.

Gandhi, Mahatma

4.

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

5.

Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.

Bergson, Henri L.

6.

Let us be tried by our actions.

Motto

7.

It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.

Proverb, French

8.

It is not good enough for things to be planned -- they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation.

Khan, Pir Vilayat

9.

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

Fichte, Johann G.

10.

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

Auerbach, Red

11.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

12.

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

Schmidt, Helmut

13.

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

14.

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

Schuller, Robert H.

15.

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.

16.

Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn't, do something else.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

17.

A gold medal is a wonderful thing, but if you're not enough without the medal, you'll never be enough with it.

Movie, Cool Runnings

18.

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

Edison, Thomas A.

19.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

Churchill, Winston

20.

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

Taylor, Russell C.

21.

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

Bowkett, Chris

22.

How long will they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look?

Marley, Bob

23.

Backbone beats wishbone every time.

24.

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

Carlyle, Thomas

25.

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.

Stone, W. Clement

26.

Begin somewhere: you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

Smith, Liz

27.

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

Gorski, Nick

28.

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

29.

He who considers too much will perform little.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

30.

Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

31.

We will not know unless we begin.

Zinn, Howard

32.

Unless a capacity for thinking be accompanied by a capacity for action, a superior mind exists in torture.

Croce, Benedetto

33.

Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.

Rowan, Carl

34.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Turner, Ted

35.

A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.

Galsworthy, John

36.

If you shoot for the stars and hit the moon, it's OK. But you've got to shoot for something. A lot of people don't even shoot.

Townsend, Robert

37.

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

Carlyle, Thomas

38.

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

Confucius

39.

He who limps is still walking.

Lec, Stanislaw J.

40.

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

41.

Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

Whitehead, Alfred North

42.

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often

43.

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

Proverb, Chinese

44.

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

Ennius, Quintus

45.

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

Sartre, Jean-Paul

46.

Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.

Whittier, John Greenleaf

47.

When all is said the greatest action is to limit and isolate one's self.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

48.

Ideas won't keep, something must be done about them.

Whitehead, Alfred North

49.

The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.

Perot, H. Ross

50.

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. [James 1:22]

Bible

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