Motivational Quotes

Action

Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

- Linall Jr. A. L.

Best Quotes about Action

All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them. [Matthew 7:12]

Bible

Act quickly, think slowly.

Proverb, Greek

It's no good agreeing with a person who can't make up his mind.

The ancestor of every action is thought.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for him to do. But every day, every hour, rushes by. There is no time.

Long, Haniel

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

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

Picasso, Pablo

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

10.

Heaven never helps the men who will not act.

Sophocles

11.

You can't aim a duck to death.

Boardman, Gael

12.

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

Peale, Norman Vincent

13.

Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

Whitehead, Alfred North

14.

Action is the product of the qualities inherent in nature.

Bhagavad Gita

15.

No sooner said than done -- so acts your man of worth.

Ennius, Quintus

16.

When a man dies, what does not leave him? The voice of a dead man goes into fire, his breath into wind, his eyes into the sun, his mind into the moon, his hearing into the quarters of heaven, his body into the land cheerfully. earth, his spirit into space

Upanishads, Veda

17.

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

18.

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

Letterman, David

19.

You will never win if you never begin.

Schuller, Robert H.

20.

To begin, begin.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

21.

Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.

Pauling, Linus

22.

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

Disney, Walt

23.

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

24.

When we don't have what we like, we must like what we have.

Proverb, French

25.

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

26.

The view only changes for the lead dog.

Sergeant Preston of The Yukon

27.

Thought is the organizing factor in man, intersected between the causal primary instincts and the resulting actions.

Einstein, Albert

28.

When all is said the greatest action is to limit and isolate one's self.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

29.

We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.

Aristotle

30.

Never mind your happiness; do your duty.

Durant, William J.

31.

He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.

Horace

32.

You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth.

Riley, Pat

33.

Your difficulty and my difficulty and the difficulty of every individual who ever desired to achieve something worthwhile, comes in the movement.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

34.

There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is on a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.

Graham, Martha

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Do it now! can affect every phase of your life. It can help you do the things you should do but don't feel like doing. It can keep you from procrastinating when an unpleasant duty faces you. But it can also help you do those things that you want to do. It helps you seize those precious moments that, if lost, may never be retrieved.

Hill, Napoleon

36.

From small beginnings come great things.

Proverb, American

37.

Effective action is always unjust.

Anouilh, Jean

38.

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

Wanamaker, John

39.

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

Lord, Shirley

40.

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

Batt, Al

41.

One thought driven home is better than three left on base.

Liter, James

42.

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

James, William

43.

You can't start at the top.

Levenson, Samuel

44.

That spot of earth has special charms for me, in which a limited income produces happiness, and moderate wealth abundance.

Martial, Marcus Valerius

45.

Solve it. Solve it quickly, solve it right or wrong. If you solve it wrong, it will come back and slap you in the face, and then you can solve it right. Lying dead in the water and doing nothing is a comfortable alternative because it is without risk, but it is an absolutely fatal way to manage a business.

Watson, Thomas J.

46.

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

Smith, Liz

47.

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

Maharshi, Ramana

48.

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

Proverb, Mexican

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Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.