Motivational Quotes

Action

I hear and I forget, I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

- Proverb, Chinese

Best Quotes about Action

He who limps is still walking.

Lec, Stanislaw J.

Don't think, just do.

Horton, Reiko

Backbone beats wishbone every time.

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

Gorski, Nick

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

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

Stevenson, Robert Louis

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Pilgrim, Peace

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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Some will, some don't, so what!

Proverb, American

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

Ross, Percy

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It is not good enough for things to be planned -- they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation.

Khan, Pir Vilayat

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Schmidt, Helmut

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We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything.

Eliot, Sir John

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If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen.

Dimaggio, Joe

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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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No one will do it for you.

Stein, Ben

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Let us, if we must have great actions, make our own so. All action is of infinite elasticity, and the least admits of being inflated with celestial air, until it eclipses the sun and moon.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Bible

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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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You don't have to get it right the first time.

Sher, Barbara

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Being stuck is a position few of us like. We want something new but cannot let go of the old -- old ideas, beliefs, habits, even thoughts. We are out of contact with our own genius. Sometimes we know we are stuck; sometimes we don't. In both cases we have to DO something.

Teekens, Inga

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Doing leads more surely to talking than talking to doing.

Vinet

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

Lu Xun

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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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A well begun is half ended.

Plato

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The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.

Frieseke, Frederick (Carl)

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You will never win if you never begin.

Schuller, Robert H.

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The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can.

Smith, Sydney

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

Brown, Les

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Big words seldom accompany good deeds.

Proverb, Danish

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

Shakespeare, William

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

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

Roosevelt, Theodore

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The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number.

Hutcheson, Francis

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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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In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.

Robbins, Anthony

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A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.

Calvin, John

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We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act.

Vivekananda, Swami

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

Gaulle, Charles De

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

Hasselhoff, David

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A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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He who strikes first, strikes twice.

Proverb, Mexican

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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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All the reputedly powerful reactionaries are merely paper tigers. The reason is that they are divorced from the people. Look! Was not Hitler a paper tiger? Was Hitler not overthrown? U.S. imperialism has not yet been overthrown and it has the atomic bomb. I believe it also will be overthrown. It, too, is a paper tiger.

Zedong, Mao

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I am easily satisfied with the very best.

Churchill, Winston

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Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von