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

People sitting on top of the world, usually arrived there standing up.

What you are will show in what you do.

Edison, Thomas A.

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

As one acts and conducts himself, so does he become. The doer of good becomes good. The doer of evil becomes evil. One becomes virtuous by virtuous action, bad by bad action.

Upanishads, Veda

Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.

Balzac, Honore De

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

Company, Lanes

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.

Aurelius, Marcus

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

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

Lincoln, Abraham

10.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Berger, Sally

11.

He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.

Clarke, James Freeman

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Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigor, and activity of man's nature.

South, Bishop Robert

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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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Action makes more fortune than caution.

Clapiers, Luc De

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The greatest step is out the door.

Proverb, German

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Every action we take, everything we do, is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be.

Byrhhe, Anne

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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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The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.

D'Alembert

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When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.

Clemenceau, Georges

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Don't think, just do.

Horton, Reiko

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When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike you, do not wait until he has struck before you crush him.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

22.

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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

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The only way to start is to start.

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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

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The view only changes for the lead dog.

Sergeant Preston of The Yukon

27.

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

Ziglar, Zig

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Act like you expect to get into the end zone.

Paterno, Joe

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

Proverb, Ibo

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I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.

Stone, W. Clement

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

Proverb, Chinese

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The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.

Sandburg, Carl

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Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

Schmidt, Helmut

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What really distinguishes this generation in all countries from earlier generations... is its determination to act, its joy in action, the assurance of being able to change things by one's own efforts.

Arendt, Hannah

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

Green, Dennis

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Oh, I'm not going to do anything to them. The thought that I might will be enough to keep them going.

Bowkett, Chris

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

Pilgrim, Peace

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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Gide, Andre

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All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.

Einstein, Albert

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No, Ernest, don't talk about action. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

Wilde, Oscar

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I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.

Keller, Helen

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

Ross, Percy

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A well begun is half ended.

Plato

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

Maharshi, Ramana

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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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Believe in boys and girls and men and women of a great tomorrow that what so ever the boy soweth the man shall reap.

47.

Action is character.

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You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.

Robbins, Anthony

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Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing.

Shakespeare, William

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Take the first step, and your mind will mobilize all its forces to your aid. But the first essential is that you begin. Once the battle is startled, all that is within and without you will come to your assistance.

Collier, Robert