Motivational Quotes

Action

I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts.

- Mann, Horace

Best Quotes about Action

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

Robbins, Anthony

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

James, William

Do every act of your life as if it were your last.

Aurelius, Marcus

The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology.

Auerbach, Red

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

When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, Action, Action, Action.

Plutarch

Either move or be moved.

Powell, Colin

Oh, I'm not going to do anything to them. The thought that I might will be enough to keep them going.

Bowkett, Chris

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

Einstein, Albert

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Do it this very moment, Don't put it off, There's no use in doing a kindness, if you do it a day too late.

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Good things happen to those who hustle.

Noll, Chuck

12.

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

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Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

Saying, Zen

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Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.

Bergson, Henri L.

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Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless.

Arendt, Hannah

18.

It's better to waste one's youth than to do nothing with it at all.

Courteline, Georges

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Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our own deeds.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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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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Act quickly, think slowly.

Proverb, Greek

22.

One mustn't allow acting to be like stockbroker -- you must not take it just as a means of earning a living, to go down every day to do a job of work. The big thing is to combine punctuality, efficiency, good nature, obedience, intelligence, and concentration with an unawareness of what is going to happen next, thus keeping yourself available for excitement.

Gielgud, John

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My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.

Kelland, Clarence Buddinton

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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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From small beginnings come great things.

Proverb, American

26.

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

Grant, Heber J.

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

Edison, Thomas A.

28.

Let us be tried by our actions.

Motto

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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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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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Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Turner, Ted

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Every action we take, everything we do, is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be.

Byrhhe, Anne

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Action expresses priorities.

Garfield, Charles A.

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A sedentary life is the real sin against the Holy Spirit. Only those thoughts that come by walking have any value.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

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

Riley, Pat

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He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions.

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

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I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. Henceforth, I will repeat these words each hour, each day, everyday, until the words become as much a habit as my breathing, and the action which follows becomes as instinctive as the blinking of my eyelids. With these words I can condition my mind to perform every action necessary for my success. I will act now. I will repeat these words again and again and again. I will walk where failures fear to walk. I will work when failures seek rest. I will act now for now is all I have. Tomorrow is the day reserved for the labor of the lazy. I am not lazy. Tomorrow is the day when the failure will succeed. I am not a failure. I will act now. Success will not wait. If I delay, success will become wed to another and lost to me forever. This is the time. This is the place. I am the person.

Mandino, Og

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

Einstein, Albert

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If you stand still long enough, you'll get stuck

Hasselhoff, David

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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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Now is the season for sailing; for already the chattering swallow is come and the pleasant west wind; the meadows bloom and the sea, tossed up with waves and rough blasts, has sunk to silence. Weigh thine anchors and unloose thy hawsers, O Mariner, and sail with all thy canvas set.

Tarentum, Leonidas of

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Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it.

43.

Next in importance to having a good aim is to recognize when to pull the trigger.

Letterman, Elmer G.

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You will never win if you never begin.

Schuller, Robert H.

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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