Motivational Quotes

Action

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

Best Quotes about Action

People say to me, You were a roaring success. How did you do it? I go back to what my parents taught me. Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make something happen.

Iacocca, Lee

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Whittier, John Greenleaf

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

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

Dyer, Wayne

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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

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

Holmes, Marjorie

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He is rich that is satisfied.

Fuller, Thomas

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Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

Graffiti

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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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It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.

Proverb, French

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Begin where you are; work where you are; the hour which you are now wasting, dreaming of some far off success may be crowded with grand possibilities.

Marden, Orison Swett

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The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number.

Hutcheson, Francis

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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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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.

Clarke, James Freeman

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The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.

Pound, Ezra

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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

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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

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

Proverb, Chinese

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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

Picasso, Pablo

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Be both the gardener and the rose.

25.

Act, don't react!

26.

Some will, some don't, so what!

Proverb, American

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What the mind attends to, the mind considers. What the mind constantly considers, the mind believes. What the mind believes, the mind eventually does.

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

James, William

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The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.

Rohn, Jim

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Logic will not change an emotion, but action will.

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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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You can never get enough of the things you don't need, because the things you don't need can never satisfy.

Ashton, Marvin J.

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Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.

Schuller, Robert H.

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

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

Gerstner, Lou

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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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Never confuse motion with action.

Franklin, Benjamin

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We are born to action; and whatever is capable of suggesting and guiding action has power over us from the first.

Cooley, Charles Horton

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Only the actions of the just smell sweet and blossom in the dust.

Shirley, James

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You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

Brown, Les

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

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

Horace

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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.

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One thought driven home is better than three left on base.

Liter, James

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

Morgan, John Pierpont

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If you start soon enough, you won't have to run to catch up.

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The secret to success is to start from scratch and keep on scratching.

Green, Dennis