One mustn't allow acting to be like stockbroker -- you must not take it just as a means of earning a living, to go down every day to do a job of work. The big thing is to combine punctuality, efficiency, good nature, obedience, intelligence, and concentration with an unawareness of what is going to happen next, thus keeping yourself available for excitement.

Gielgud, John

16.

Many are called but few get up.

Herford, Oliver

17.

It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done.

Woolf, Virginia

18.

The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of the noblest.

Carlyle, Thomas

19.

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

James, William

20.

He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.

Horace

21.

Ideas won't keep, something must be done about them.

Whitehead, Alfred North

22.

Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.

Proverb

23.

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. [James 1:22]

Bible

24.

If you shoot for the stars and hit the moon, it's OK. But you've got to shoot for something. A lot of people don't even shoot.

Townsend, Robert

25.

If you act like you know what you're doing, you can do anything you want -- except neurosurgery.

Lowenstein, John

26.

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.

27.

Winning starts with beginning.

Schuller, Robert H.

28.

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

Milne, A. A.

29.

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.

Stone, W. Clement

30.

Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open.

Pine, Arthur

31.

Two-thirds of promotion is motion

32.

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk -- and to act.

Maltz, Maxwell

33.

Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute; What you can do, or dream you can, begin it.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

34.

An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.

Proverb, Mexican

35.

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

36.

In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.

Hammarskjold, Dag

37.

Never confuse motion with action.

Franklin, Benjamin

38.

The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.

Proudhon, Pierre Joseph

39.

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

Aurelius, Marcus

40.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand -- and melting like a snowflake.

Ray, Marie Beyon

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.

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

43.

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

44.

We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.

Robbins, Anthony

45.

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

46.

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

Brown, Les

47.

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

48.

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

Pauling, Linus

49.

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

Edison, Thomas A.

50.

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

Iacocca, Lee