Motivational Quotes

Action

Talk doesn't cook rice.

- Proverb, Chinese

Best Quotes about Action

Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.

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

I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts.

Mann, Horace

Many are called but few get up.

Herford, Oliver

Effective action is always unjust.

Anouilh, Jean

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

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

Schwarzkopf, Norman

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

Proverb, French

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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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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Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

Hugo, Victor

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Logic will not change an emotion, but action will.

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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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Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Jerome, St.

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

Proverb, Chinese

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

Frieseke, Frederick (Carl)

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

Proverb, Mexican

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Action is character.

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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Gracian, Baltasar

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That spot of earth has special charms for me, in which a limited income produces happiness, and moderate wealth abundance.

Martial, Marcus Valerius

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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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How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive to do thy duty; then you shall know what is in thee.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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I like these words -- they seem to suggest action: If you hear a kind word spoken Of some worthy soul you know, It may fill his heart with sunshine If you'd only tell him so. If a deed, however humble, helps you On your way to go, Seek the one whose hand has helped you. Seek him out and tell him so. If your heart is touched and tender Towards sinner log and low, It might help him to do better If you could only tell him so.

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

Schmidt, Helmut

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As I grow older, I pay less attention to what people say. I just watch what they do.

Carnegie, Andrew

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The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.

Quarles, Francis

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I never worry about action, but only inaction.

Churchill, Winston

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He who limps is still walking.

Lec, Stanislaw J.

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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

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

Plutarch

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Some will, some don't, so what!

Proverb, American

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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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I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.

Schuller, Robert H.

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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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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

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Allow motion to equal emotion.

Hubbard, Elbert

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Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

Proverb, Italian

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

Bible

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The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

Bronowski, Jacob

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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as courses, and they come back to us as effects.

Melville, Herman

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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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The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.

Rohn, Jim

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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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You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.

Holmes, Marjorie

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The best way to get something done is to begin.

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Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

Peale, Norman Vincent

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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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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself.

Proverb, Chinese

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Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.

Rogers, Will

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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