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

If you want a thing done, go. If not, send. The shortest answer is doing.

Proverb, English

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

Franklin, Benjamin

Some people grin and bear it; others smile and do it.

Allow motion to equal emotion.

Hubbard, Elbert

Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.

James, William

Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read; and the

Pike, Albert

Existence was given us for action. Our worth is determined by the good deed we do, rather than by the fine emotions we feel,

Magnin, Edgar F.

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

Whitehead, Alfred North

Do it now. Then it's done.

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All rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full.

Bible

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Doing nothing is the most tiresome job in the world because you cannot quit and rest.

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

Bergson, Henri L.

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You must get involved to have an impact. No one is impressed with the won-lost record of the referee.

Holcomb, John H.

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There is no use trying, said Alice; one can't believe impossible things. I dare say you haven't had much practice, said the Queen. When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

Carroll, Lewis

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I never worry about action, but only inaction.

Churchill, Winston

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The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.

Tolstoy, Count Leo

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We are all ruled in what we do by impulses; and these impulses are so organized that our actions in general serve for our self preservation and that of the race.

Einstein, Albert

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

Aurelius, Marcus

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

James, William

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Unless a capacity for thinking be accompanied by a capacity for action, a superior mind exists in torture.

Croce, Benedetto

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Action is the real measure of intelligence.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Schwarzkopf, Norman

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It is better to rust out than wear out.

Whitefield, George

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He who walks with the lame learns how to limp.

Proverb, Latin

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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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The common conception is that motivation leads to action, but the reverse is true -- action precedes motivation. You have to prime the pump and get the juice flowing, which motivates you to work on your goals. Getting momentum going is the most difficult part of the job, and often taking the first step is enough to prompt you to make the best of your day.

Mckain, Robert J.

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A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

Roosevelt, Theodore

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Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.

Dyer, Wayne

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The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Berger, Sally

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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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Everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

Evans, Richard L.

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You have to make it happen.

Greene, Joe

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The secret of getting things done is to act!

David, Benjamin O.

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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn't, do something else.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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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

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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

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The secret to success is to start from scratch and keep on scratching.

Green, Dennis

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

Proverb, French

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In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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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

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

Smiles, Samuel

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

Smith, Liz

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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

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One thought driven home is better than three left on base.

Liter, James

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Our actions are like the terminations of verses, which we rhyme as we please.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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If you don't make things happen then things will happen to you.

Company, Lanes