Motivational Quotes

Action

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

Best Quotes about Action

It is following the line of least resistance that makes men and rivers crooked.

We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act.

Vivekananda, Swami

What you are will show in what you do.

Edison, Thomas A.

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

Sher, Barbara

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Gerstner, Lou

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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

Proverb, American

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Don't think, just do.

Horton, Reiko

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Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Jerome, St.

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Doing leads more surely to talking than talking to doing.

Vinet

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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

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No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.

Carlyle, Thomas

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Good things happen to those who hustle.

Noll, Chuck

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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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The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

Bronowski, Jacob

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

Smith, Liz

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Sings. Hope in every sphere of life is a privilege that attaches to action. No action, no hope.

Levi, Peter

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If it were done when 'tis done, then t'were well. It were done quickly.

Shakespeare, William

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I never worry about action, but only inaction.

Churchill, Winston

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One of the best lessons children learn through video games is standing still will get them killed quicker than anything else.

Milea, Jinx

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The road of life can only reveal itself as it is traveled; each turn in the road reveals a surprise. Man's future is hidden.

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No, Ernest, don't talk about action. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

Wilde, Oscar

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

Clarke, James Freeman

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Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.

Mother Teresa

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The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can.

Smith, Sydney

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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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Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.

Hansen, Mark Victor

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The view only changes for the lead dog.

Sergeant Preston of The Yukon

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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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Logic will not change an emotion, but action will.

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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

Martial, Marcus Valerius

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Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.

Roger, John

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

Batt, Al

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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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Anything you do can get you fired; this includes doing nothing.

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Act, if you like, but you do it at your peril. Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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The secret of getting things done is to act!

David, Benjamin O.

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

Allen, Loius A.

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Let no one be deluded that a knowledge of the path can substitute for putting one foot in front of the other.

Richards, Mary Caroline

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

Proverb, Chinese

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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

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Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute; What you can do, or dream you can, begin it.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Do it now. Then it's done.

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People say to me, You were a roaring success. How did you do it? I go back to what my parents taught me. Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make something happen.

Iacocca, Lee

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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 search for the perfect venture can turn into procrastination. Your idea may or may not have merit. The key is to get started.