Motivational Quotes

Action

I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.

- Lewis, Harvey Spencer

Best Quotes about Action

A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.

Galsworthy, John

This body, full of faults, has yet one great quality: Whatever it encounters in this temporal life depends upon one's actions.

Nagarjuna, Siddha

If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen.

Dimaggio, Joe

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

Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful.

Wattles, Wallace D.

Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by.

Holtz, Lou

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

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

Smith, Liz

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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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

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One mustn't allow acting to be like stockbroker -- you must not take it just as a means of earning a living, to go down every day to do a job of work. The big thing is to combine punctuality, efficiency, good nature, obedience, intelligence, and concentration with an unawareness of what is going to happen next, thus keeping yourself available for excitement.

Gielgud, John

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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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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Smiles, Samuel

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

Bruyere, Jean De La

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Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Buffett, Warren

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It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

Fosdick, Harry Emerson

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I never worry about action, but only inaction.

Churchill, Winston

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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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Big words seldom accompany good deeds.

Proverb, Danish

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Doing nothing is the most tiresome job in the world because you cannot quit and rest.

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It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done.

Woolf, Virginia

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Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.

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Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.

Aurelius, Marcus

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Just as a flower which seems beautiful and has color but no perfume, so are the fruitless words of the man who speaks them but does them not.

Dhammapada

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

Shirley, James

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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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Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

Saying, Zen

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Action is the product of the qualities inherent in nature.

Bhagavad Gita

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

James, William

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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

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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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Action expresses priorities.

Garfield, Charles A.

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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

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

Milne, A. A.

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Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

Hill, Napoleon

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Let your performance do the thinking.

Brown Jr., H. Jackson

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The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.

Bushnell, Nolan

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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

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You don't have to get it right the first time.

Sher, Barbara

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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

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

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God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

Proverb, German

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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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I am easily satisfied with the very best.

Churchill, Winston