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

20.

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

Rohn, Jim

21.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Disraeli, Benjamin

22.

If you act like you know what you're doing, you can do anything you want -- except neurosurgery.

Lowenstein, John

23.

Act quickly, think slowly.

Proverb, Greek

24.

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

Maharshi, Ramana

25.

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

26.

I didn't think; I experimented.

Roentgen, Wilhelm

27.

Anything you do can get you fired; this includes doing nothing.

28.

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

Eliot, George

29.

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.

30.

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

31.

Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

Proverb, Italian

32.

Take action in order to move toward your goals.

Brown, Les

33.

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.

Canfield, Jack

34.

When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.

Clemenceau, Georges

35.

If you stand still long enough, you'll get stuck

Hasselhoff, David

36.

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.

37.

An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.

Howells, William Dean

38.

You can't aim a duck to death.

Boardman, Gael

39.

Be both the gardener and the rose.

40.

Don't think, just do.

Horton, Reiko

41.

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

42.

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

43.

Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.

Marden, Orison Swett

44.

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

Smith, Liz

45.

Let us be tried by our actions.

Motto

46.

The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.

Sandburg, Carl

47.

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

Fichte, Johann G.

48.

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

49.

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

Letterman, David

50.

If your sword's too short, add to its length by taking one step forward.