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

1.

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

2.

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Gide, Andre

3.

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

Wordsworth, William

4.

'Tis God gives skill, but not without men's hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivarius's violins without Antonio.

Eliot, George

5.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Turner, Ted

6.

Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know.

Macdonald, George

7.

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

8.

What really matters is what you do with what you have.

Lord, Shirley

9.

Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.

Picasso, Pablo

10.

Don't think, just do.

Horton, Reiko

11.

Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.

Balzac, Honore De

12.

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

13.

The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.

Frieseke, Frederick (Carl)

14.

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

Gaulle, Charles De

15.

No rules for success will work if you don't.

16.

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

17.

After all is said and done, more is said than done.

Proverb, American

18.

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

Bible

19.

The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.

Proudhon, Pierre Joseph

20.

Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.

Nehru, Jawaharlal

21.

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

Amiel, Henri Frederic

22.

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

Milne, A. A.

23.

He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.

Clarke, James Freeman

24.

People sitting on top of the world, usually arrived there standing up.

25.

Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity.

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

26.

Backbone beats wishbone every time.

27.

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

28.

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

29.

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

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

30.

Action is the real measure of intelligence.

Hill, Napoleon

31.

You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.

Gerstner, Lou

32.

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

33.

Be both the gardener and the rose.

34.

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

35.

Ideas won't keep, something must be done about them.

Whitehead, Alfred North

36.

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

Whittier, John Greenleaf

37.

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

James, William

38.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

Schmidt, Helmut

39.

Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.

Rowan, Carl

40.

Effective action is always unjust.

Anouilh, Jean

41.

There should be less talk; a preaching point is not a meeting point. What do you do then? Take a broom and clean someone's house. That says enough.

Mother Teresa

42.

To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last --but eat you he will.

Reagan, Ronald

43.

What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.

Proverb, Ibo

44.

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

Allen, Loius A.

45.

The secret of getting things done is to act!

David, Benjamin O.

46.

It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.