Motivational Quotes

Action

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

- Lincoln, Abraham

Best Quotes about Action

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

Proverb, French

The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs

Proverb, Irish

If you shoot for the stars and hit the moon, it's OK. But you've got to shoot for something. A lot of people don't even shoot.

Townsend, Robert

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

It is better to rust out than wear out.

Whitefield, George

Either move or be moved.

Powell, Colin

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

James, William

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

Schwarzkopf, Norman

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.

Canfield, Jack

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Let every man or woman here, if you never hear me again, remember this, that if you wish to be great at all, you must begin where you are and with what you are. He who would be great anywhere must first be great in his own Philadelphia.

Conwell, Russel H.

11.

Never mind your happiness; do your duty.

Durant, William J.

12.

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

James, William

13.

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

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You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

Brown, Les

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In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.

Levin, James

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Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia.

Carrel, Alexis

18.

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

Holtz, Lou

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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

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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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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.

Aristotle

22.

Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt.

Cousins, Norman

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The greatest step is out the door.

Proverb, German

24.

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

Proverb, Chinese

25.

You must get involved to have an impact. No one is impressed with the won-lost record of the referee.

Holcomb, John H.

26.

The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.

Iacocca, Lee

27.

The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number.

Hutcheson, Francis

28.

We are born to action; and whatever is capable of suggesting and guiding action has power over us from the first.

Cooley, Charles Horton

29.

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

30.

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

Bruyere, Jean De La

31.

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

Hugo, Victor

32.

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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The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.

Sandburg, Carl

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Being stuck is a position few of us like. We want something new but cannot let go of the old -- old ideas, beliefs, habits, even thoughts. We are out of contact with our own genius. Sometimes we know we are stuck; sometimes we don't. In both cases we have to DO something.

Teekens, Inga

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

Proverb, Italian

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

Amiel, Henri Frederic

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A human action becomes genuinely important when it springs from the soil of a clear-sighted awareness of the temporality and the ephemerally of everything human. It is only this awareness that can breathe any greatness into an action.

Havel, Vaclav

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Be both the gardener and the rose.

40.

Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

41.

From small beginnings come great things.

Proverb, American

42.

Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.

Iacocca, Lee

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As one acts and conducts himself, so does he become. The doer of good becomes good. The doer of evil becomes evil. One becomes virtuous by virtuous action, bad by bad action.

Upanishads, Veda

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Some people grin and bear it; others smile and do it.

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Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

Carlyle, Thomas

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

Eliot, George

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Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

Linall Jr. A. L.

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Have a bias toward action -- let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.

Thalheimer, Richard

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To talk goodness is not good... only to do it is.

Proverb, Chinese

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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