Let every man or woman here, if you never hear me again, remember this, that if you wish to be great at all, you must begin where you are and with what you are. He who would be great anywhere must first be great in his own Philadelphia.

Conwell, Russel H.

18.

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

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

19.

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

Whittier, John Greenleaf

20.

Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

Linall Jr. A. L.

21.

You can't start at the top.

Levenson, Samuel

22.

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

23.

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

Green, Dennis

24.

Let no one be deluded that a knowledge of the path can substitute for putting one foot in front of the other.

Richards, Mary Caroline

25.

Never confuse motion with action.

Franklin, Benjamin

26.

The odds of hitting your target go up dramatically when you aim at it.

Pancoast, Mal

27.

It is not whether your words or actions are tough or gentle; it is the spirit behind your actions and words that announces your inner state.

Ching Ning Chu

28.

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.

Aurelius, Marcus

29.

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

Brown, Les

30.

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

Proverb, Chinese

31.

Believe in boys and girls and men and women of a great tomorrow that what so ever the boy soweth the man shall reap.

32.

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

33.

Heaven never helps the men who will not act.

Sophocles

34.

There's as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something.

Crow, Trammell

35.

Logic will not change an emotion, but action will.

36.

Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.

Dyer, Wayne

37.

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

38.

If you think about it seriously, all the questions about the soul and the immortality of the soul and paradise and hell are at bottom only a way of seeing this very simple fact: that every action of ours is passed on to others according to its value, of good or evil, it passes from father to son, from one generation to the next, in a perpetual movement.

Gramsci, Antonio

39.

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

Buffett, Warren

40.

We will not know unless we begin.

Zinn, Howard

41.

No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

Fosdick, Harry Emerson

42.

You will never win if you never begin.

Schuller, Robert H.

43.

Try and trust will move mountains.

Proverb

44.

My friend, why have you drifted so far away? All motion is relative, maybe it is you who have moved away by standing still.

45.

Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

Eliot, George