Motivational Quotes

Action

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

- Plutarch

Best Quotes about Action

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

Holtz, Lou

Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.

Rowan, Carl

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.

Wordsworth, William

Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

Whitehead, Alfred North

Many are called but few get up.

Herford, Oliver

I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.

Lewis, Harvey Spencer

This body, full of faults, has yet one great quality: Whatever it encounters in this temporal life depends upon one's actions.

Nagarjuna, Siddha

It is better to rust out than wear out.

Whitefield, George

A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of action.. You must act as you breathe.

Clemenceau, Georges

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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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Before you can do something you must first be something.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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I will act as if what I do makes a difference.

James, William

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Some people forget to plant in the spring, idle away the summer hours and then expect to reap in the fall.

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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

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People say to me, You were a roaring success. How did you do it? I go back to what my parents taught me. Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make something happen.

Iacocca, Lee

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Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. [Matthew 7:12]

Bible

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Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.

Confucius

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

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

Eliot, George

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The secret of getting things done is to act!

David, Benjamin O.

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A man's action is only a picture book of his creed.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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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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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Let every man or woman here, if you never hear me again, remember this, that if you wish to be great at all, you must begin where you are and with what you are. He who would be great anywhere must first be great in his own Philadelphia.

Conwell, Russel H.

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Act, if you like, but you do it at your peril. Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Act like you expect to get into the end zone.

Paterno, Joe

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

Aikman, Leo

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A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need.

Calderon de la Barca, Pedro

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Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.

Milne, A. A.

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Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.