Motivational Quotes

Action

Existence was given us for action. Our worth is determined by the good deed we do, rather than by the fine emotions we feel,

- Magnin, Edgar F.

Best Quotes about Action

It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.

Proverb, French

We are all ruled in what we do by impulses; and these impulses are so organized that our actions in general serve for our self preservation and that of the race.

Einstein, Albert

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

Mother Teresa

But their intervention makes our acts to serve ever less merely the immediate claims of our instincts.

Einstein, Albert

He who walks with the lame learns how to limp.

Proverb, Latin

Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.

Ovid

Begin where you are; work where you are; the hour which you are now wasting, dreaming of some far off success may be crowded with grand possibilities.

Marden, Orison Swett

All such action would cease if those powerful elemental forces were to cease stirring within us.

Einstein, Albert

The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.

Lichtenberg, Georg C.

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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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Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Galsworthy, John

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

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Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.

Landon, Michael

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An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.

Howells, William Dean

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No one will do it for you.

Stein, Ben

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From small beginnings come great things.

Proverb, American

18.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

Proverb, Chinese

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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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It was prettily devised of Aesop, The fly sat on the axle tree of the chariot wheel and said,what dust do I raise!

Bacon, Francis

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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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Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.

Schuller, Robert H.

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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.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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Act like you expect to get into the end zone.

Paterno, Joe

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It is not whether your words or actions are tough or gentle; it is the spirit behind your actions and words that announces your inner state.

Ching Ning Chu

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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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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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We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.

Robbins, Anthony

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It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

Eliot, George

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There is no use trying, said Alice; one can't believe impossible things. I dare say you haven't had much practice, said the Queen. When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

Carroll, Lewis

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Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

Edison, Thomas A.

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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

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

Carrel, Alexis

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

Proverb, Mexican

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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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It isn't sufficient just to want -- you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

Rosen, Richard D.

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People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do.

Cass, Lewis

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

Smiles, Samuel

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He is rich that is satisfied.

Fuller, Thomas

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Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.

Marden, Orison Swett

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Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

Graffiti

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

Lowenstein, John

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

Levin, James