Motivational Quotes

Action

You can't start at the top.

- Levenson, Samuel

Best Quotes about Action

Never confuse motion with action.

Franklin, Benjamin

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

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

Bronowski, Jacob

Never mind your happiness; do your duty.

Durant, William J.

You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.

Robbins, Anthony

Keep your head and your heart going in the right direction and you will not have to worry about your feet.

We will not know unless we begin.

Zinn, Howard

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The successful men of action are not sufficiently self-observant to know exactly on what their success depends.

Jacobs, Joseph

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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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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

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I like these words -- they seem to suggest action: If you hear a kind word spoken Of some worthy soul you know, It may fill his heart with sunshine If you'd only tell him so. If a deed, however humble, helps you On your way to go, Seek the one whose hand has helped you. Seek him out and tell him so. If your heart is touched and tender Towards sinner log and low, It might help him to do better If you could only tell him so.

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He who strikes first, strikes twice.

Proverb, Mexican

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

Bible

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One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time.

Wanamaker, John

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Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

Hubbard, Elbert

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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

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You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.

Aikman, Leo

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We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.

Robbins, Anthony

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People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do.

Cass, Lewis

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All rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full.

Bible

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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

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I will act as if what I do makes a difference.

James, William

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You will never win if you never begin.

Schuller, Robert H.

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

Allen, Loius A.

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The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs

Proverb, Irish

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You won't skid if you stay in a rut.

Hubbard, Kin

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Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand -- and melting like a snowflake.

Ray, Marie Beyon

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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

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A sedentary life is the real sin against the Holy Spirit. Only those thoughts that come by walking have any value.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

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

Hutcheson, Francis

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Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

Letterman, David

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Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.

Levin, James

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Act quickly, think slowly.

Proverb, Greek

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The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.

D'Alembert

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

Schuller, Robert H.

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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

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I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.

Mencken, H. L.

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Begin to free yourself at once by doing all that is possible with the means you have, and as you proceed in this spirit the way will open for you to do more.

Collier, Robert

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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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The view only changes for the lead dog.

Sergeant Preston of The Yukon

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

Milne, A. A.

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It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.

Bruyere, Jean De La

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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

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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

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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Big words seldom accompany good deeds.

Proverb, Danish

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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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Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it.