Motivational Quotes

Action

Sings. Hope in every sphere of life is a privilege that attaches to action. No action, no hope.

- Levi, Peter

Best Quotes about Action

Do every act of your life as if it were your last.

Aurelius, Marcus

Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time. From this moment onwards you can be an entirely different person, filled with love and understanding, ready with an outstretched hand, uplifted and positive in every thought and deed.

Caddy, Eileen

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often

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

Action is the real measure of intelligence.

Hill, Napoleon

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.

Keller, Helen

I hear and I forget, I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Graffiti

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

James, William

10.

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

Proverb, Italian

11.

Never mind your happiness; do your duty.

Durant, William J.

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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

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Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are more adapted to the contemplative life can take upon themselves the works of the active life so as to become yet more apt for contemplation.

Aquinas, St. Thomas

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Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigor, and activity of man's nature.

South, Bishop Robert

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Doing is a quantum leap from imagining. Thinking about swimming isn't much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the water can take your breath away. The defense force inside of us wants us to be cautious, to stay away from anything as intense as a new kind of action. Its job is to protect us, and it categorically avoids anything resembling danger. But it's often wrong. Anything worth doing is worth doing too soon.

Sher, Barbara

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The secret of getting things done is to act!

David, Benjamin O.

17.

Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open.

Pine, Arthur

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Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.

Schuller, Robert H.

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The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology.

Auerbach, Red

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It is not good enough for things to be planned -- they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation.

Khan, Pir Vilayat

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Better to try something and fail than to try nothing and succeed.

22.

Before you can do something you must first be something.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.

Smiles, Samuel

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The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Lowenstein, John

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An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.

Proverb, Mexican

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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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Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Drucker, Peter F.

30.

If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.

Viscott, David

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If you want a thing done, go. If not, send. The shortest answer is doing.

Proverb, English

32.

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

Lincoln, Abraham

33.

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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

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He who strikes first, strikes twice.

Proverb, Mexican

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

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Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.

Bergson, Henri L.

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Logic will not change an emotion, but action will.

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Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.

Curcio, Joan L.

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Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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What really distinguishes this generation in all countries from earlier generations... is its determination to act, its joy in action, the assurance of being able to change things by one's own efforts.

Arendt, Hannah

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The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Berger, Sally

43.

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

Holmes, Marjorie

44.

The view only changes for the lead dog.

Sergeant Preston of The Yukon

45.

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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The soul is made for action, and cannot rest till it be employed. Idleness is its rust. Unless it will up and think and taste and see, all is in vain.

Traherne, Thomas

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Heaven never helps the men who will not act.

Sophocles

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

Aurelius, Marcus

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When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, Action, Action, Action.

Plutarch

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You can't start at the top.