Motivational Quotes

Action

As our case is new, we must think and act anew.

- Lincoln, Abraham

Best Quotes about Action

Reactionary: A man walking backwards with his face to the future.

Bevan, Aneurin

Some people forget to plant in the spring, idle away the summer hours and then expect to reap in the fall.

You have to make it happen.

Greene, Joe

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

Whittier, John Greenleaf

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.

Stone, W. Clement

Let your actions always speak for you, but be forever on guard against the terrible traps of false pride and conceit that can halt your progress. The next time you are tempted to boast, just place your fist in a full pail of water, and when you remove it, the hole remaining will give you a correct measure of your importance.

Mandino, Og

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

I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.

Mencken, H. L.

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

Lowenstein, John

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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Grant, Heber J.

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From small beginnings come great things.

Proverb, American

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

Maharshi, Ramana

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The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.

Tolstoy, Count Leo

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No one will do it for you.

Stein, Ben

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We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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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

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Action is the real measure of intelligence.

Hill, Napoleon

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Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

Linall Jr. A. L.

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The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.

Quarles, Francis

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

Liter, James

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Be both the gardener and the rose.

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If you want a trait, act as if you already have the trait.

James, William

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He who walks with the lame learns how to limp.

Proverb, Latin

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

Milne, A. A.

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The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Berger, Sally

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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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The secret of getting things done is to act!

David, Benjamin O.

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Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. [Matthew 7:12]

Bible

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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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Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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

32.

How long will they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look?

Marley, Bob

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Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.

Schuller, Robert H.

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Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is solid.

Carlyle, Thomas

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Act quickly, think slowly.

Proverb, Greek

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

Sher, Barbara

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One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action --the ability to pass directly from thought to action.

Hoffer, Eric

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A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.

Confucius

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Never confuse motion with action.

Franklin, Benjamin

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What we need is to use what we have.