Motivational Quotes

Action

We have all the light we need, we just need to put it in practice.

- Pilgrim, Peace

Best Quotes about Action

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

Bronowski, Jacob

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

Hugo, Victor

You will never win if you never begin.

Schuller, Robert H.

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

Shakespeare, William

Before you can do something you must first be something.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

You have to be before you can do, and do before you can have.

Ziglar, Zig

My friend, why have you drifted so far away? All motion is relative, maybe it is you who have moved away by standing still.

It's no good agreeing with a person who can't make up his mind.

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

Pauling, Linus

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Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Turner, Ted

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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

Gaulle, Charles De

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

Smith, Liz

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Act quickly, think slowly.

Proverb, Greek

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Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Proverb, American

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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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Many have too much, but none enough.

Proverb, Danish

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Don't think, just do.

Horton, Reiko

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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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Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity.

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

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If your sword's too short, add to its length by taking one step forward.

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

Cass, Lewis

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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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Let your performance do the thinking.

Brown Jr., H. Jackson

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Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Gracian, Baltasar

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

Smiles, Samuel

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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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Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.

Amiel, Henri Frederic

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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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It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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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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It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.

Troward, Thomas

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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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Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.

Franklin, Benjamin

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As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.

Lu Xun

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Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.

Curcio, Joan L.

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The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.

Iacocca, Lee

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

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Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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He is rich that is satisfied.

Fuller, Thomas

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Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.

Picasso, Pablo

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He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

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It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.

Nin, Anais

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The only way to start is to start.

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

Hasselhoff, David

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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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Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.

Fichte, Johann G.