Motivational Quotes

Action

You can't start at the top.

- Levenson, Samuel

Best Quotes about Action

Be both the gardener and the rose.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Drucker, Peter F.

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

Shirley, James

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

He who limps is still walking.

Lec, Stanislaw J.

Talk doesn't cook rice.

Proverb, Chinese

When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike you, do not wait until he has struck before you crush him.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

No one will do it for you.

Stein, Ben

We are all ruled in what we do by impulses; and these impulses are so organized that our actions in general serve for our self preservation and that of the race.

Einstein, Albert

10.

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

Crow, Trammell

11.

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

Graffiti

12.

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

13.

If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.

Maharshi, Ramana

14.

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

15.

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often

16.

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can.

Smith, Sydney

17.

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

Pauling, Linus

18.

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

Gaulle, Charles De

19.

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

Wordsworth, William

20.

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

21.

Backbone beats wishbone every time.

22.

Action is the product of the qualities inherent in nature.

Bhagavad Gita

23.

Now is the season for sailing; for already the chattering swallow is come and the pleasant west wind; the meadows bloom and the sea, tossed up with waves and rough blasts, has sunk to silence. Weigh thine anchors and unloose thy hawsers, O Mariner, and sail with all thy canvas set.

Tarentum, Leonidas of

24.

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

James, William

25.

It isn't sufficient just to want -- you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

Rosen, Richard D.

26.

Take the first step, and your mind will mobilize all its forces to your aid. But the first essential is that you begin. Once the battle is startled, all that is within and without you will come to your assistance.

Collier, Robert

27.

Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read; and the

Pike, Albert

28.

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

Schopenhauer, Arthur

29.

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.

30.

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

Warford, Rita

31.

You can't plow a field by turning it over in your mind.

32.

So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.

Iacocca, Lee

33.

Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.

Milne, A. A.

34.

When deeds speak, words are nothing.

Proverb, African

35.

A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.

Robbins, Anthony

36.

Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.