The soul is made for action, and cannot rest till it be employed. Idleness is its rust. Unless it will up and think and taste and see, all is in vain.

Traherne, Thomas

16.

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

Carlyle, Thomas

17.

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

Whittier, John Greenleaf

18.

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.

Stone, W. Clement

19.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Angelou, Maya

20.

You can't aim a duck to death.

Boardman, Gael

21.

The best way to get something done is to begin.

22.

Effective action is always unjust.

Anouilh, Jean

23.

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

James, William

24.

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

25.

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

26.

It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.

Proverb, French

27.

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

James, William

28.

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

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

29.

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

Carrel, Alexis

30.

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

31.

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

Carlyle, Thomas

32.

In this country men seem to live for action as long as they can and sink into apathy when they retire.

Adams, Charles Francis

33.

Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.

Aurelius, Marcus

34.

Good things happen to those who hustle.

Noll, Chuck

35.

He who walks with the lame learns how to limp.

Proverb, Latin

36.

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

37.

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

Schwarzkopf, Norman

38.

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

Eliot, George

39.

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

Proverb, Chinese

40.

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich

41.

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

Peale, Norman Vincent

42.

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

Maharshi, Ramana

43.

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

Smith, Liz

44.

Act like you expect to get into the end zone.

Paterno, Joe

45.

Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are more adapted to the contemplative life can take upon themselves the works of the active life so as to become yet more apt for contemplation.

Aquinas, St. Thomas

46.

Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open.

Pine, Arthur

47.

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

48.

To begin, begin.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

49.

He is rich that is satisfied.

Fuller, Thomas

50.

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