Motivational Quotes

Action

Act like you expect to get into the end zone.

- Paterno, Joe

Best Quotes about Action

1.

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

Whittier, John Greenleaf

2.

You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.

Aikman, Leo

3.

We are taught by great actions that the universe is the property of every individual in it.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

4.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

5.

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

Cooley, Charles Horton

6.

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

7.

It is better to rust out than wear out.

Whitefield, George

8.

To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last --but eat you he will.

Reagan, Ronald

9.

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

Angelou, Maya

10.

It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

Bronte, Charlotte

11.

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

12.

Be both the gardener and the rose.

13.

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

Proverb, Chinese

14.

Solve it. Solve it quickly, solve it right or wrong. If you solve it wrong, it will come back and slap you in the face, and then you can solve it right. Lying dead in the water and doing nothing is a comfortable alternative because it is without risk, but it is an absolutely fatal way to manage a business.

Watson, Thomas J.

15.

The person of intellect is lost unless they unite with energy of character. When we have the lantern of Diogenese we must also have his staff.

Chamfort, Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De

16.

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich

17.

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

Smiles, Samuel

18.

The greatest step is out the door.

Proverb, German

19.

Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.

Pauling, Linus

20.

One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action --the ability to pass directly from thought to action.

Hoffer, Eric

21.

Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.

Ross, Percy

22.

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

Iacocca, Lee

23.

What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.

Proverb, Ibo

24.

The secret of getting things done is to act!

David, Benjamin O.

25.

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

26.

Don't look back, just keep on walking.

27.

Act like you expect to get into the end zone.

Paterno, Joe

28.

Try and trust will move mountains.

Proverb

29.

Leap, and the net will appear.

Cameron, Julie

30.

When all is said the greatest action is to limit and isolate one's self.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

31.

Some will, some don't, so what!

Proverb, American

32.

The odds of hitting your target go up dramatically when you aim at it.

Pancoast, Mal

33.

Many are called but few get up.

Herford, Oliver

34.

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

Bruyere, Jean De La

35.

The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.

Quarles, Francis

36.

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

Holtz, Lou

37.

If you start soon enough, you won't have to run to catch up.

38.

Don't think, just do.

Horton, Reiko

39.

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

40.

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

41.

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

42.

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

Schwarzkopf, Norman

43.

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

Sher, Barbara

44.

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

Holtz, Lou

45.

Do it now! can affect every phase of your life. It can help you do the things you should do but don't feel like doing. It can keep you from procrastinating when an unpleasant duty faces you. But it can also help you do those things that you want to do. It helps you seize those precious moments that, if lost, may never be retrieved.

Hill, Napoleon

46.

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

Ovid

47.

The ancestor of every action is thought.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

48.

The view only changes for the lead dog.

Sergeant Preston of The Yukon

49.

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.