Motivational Quotes

Action

Many have too much, but none enough.

- Proverb, Danish

Best Quotes about Action

After all is said and done, more is said than done.

Proverb, American

It was prettily devised of Aesop, The fly sat on the axle tree of the chariot wheel and said,what dust do I raise!

Bacon, Francis

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.

Canfield, Jack

It's easy to work for somebody else; all you have to do is show up.

Warford, Rita

Begin to free yourself at once by doing all that is possible with the means you have, and as you proceed in this spirit the way will open for you to do more.

Collier, Robert

Thought is the organizing factor in man, intersected between the causal primary instincts and the resulting actions.

Einstein, Albert

The soul is made for action, and cannot rest till it be employed. Idleness is its rust. Unless it will up and think and taste and see, all is in vain.

Traherne, Thomas

10.

Never confuse motion with action.

Franklin, Benjamin

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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

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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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It isn't sufficient just to want -- you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

Rosen, Richard D.

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Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

James, William

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It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.

Troward, Thomas

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No sooner said than done -- so acts your man of worth.

Ennius, Quintus

17.

Don't look back, just keep on walking.

18.

Act quickly, think slowly.

Proverb, Greek

19.

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

Gorski, Nick

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My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.

Kelland, Clarence Buddinton

21.

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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The only way you can bring in the harvest in the fall is to plant in the spring, and to water, weed, fertilize in the summer

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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

24.

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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Winning starts with beginning.

Schuller, Robert H.

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He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

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

Ziglar, Zig

28.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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

30.

Begin where you are; work where you are; the hour which you are now wasting, dreaming of some far off success may be crowded with grand possibilities.

Marden, Orison Swett

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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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It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

Bronte, Charlotte

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People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do.

Cass, Lewis

34.

In this country men seem to live for action as long as they can and sink into apathy when they retire.

Adams, Charles Francis

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It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

Eliot, George

36.

You can't start at the top.

Levenson, Samuel

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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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A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need.

Calderon de la Barca, Pedro

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Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.

Ovid

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

Aurelius, Marcus

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Action is the real measure of intelligence.

Hill, Napoleon

42.

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

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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

44.

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

Rohn, Jim

45.

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

Green, Dennis

46.

If your sword's too short, add to its length by taking one step forward.

47.

Action makes more fortune than caution.

Clapiers, Luc De

48.

Big words seldom accompany good deeds.

Proverb, Danish

49.

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

Lu Xun

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Let every man or woman here, if you never hear me again, remember this, that if you wish to be great at all, you must begin where you are and with what you are. He who would be great anywhere must first be great in his own Philadelphia.

Conwell, Russel H.