Motivational Quotes

Action

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

- Proverb, German

Best Quotes about Action

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

Bowkett, Chris

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

Rogers, Will

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

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Effective action is always unjust.

Anouilh, Jean

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

Act, don't react!

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

Whitehead, Alfred North

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Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

Gorski, Nick

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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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Action is the product of the qualities inherent in nature.

Bhagavad Gita

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Act quickly, think slowly.

Proverb, Greek

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To begin, begin.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

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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

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Between eighteen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with money, but with actions. Most men buy nothing.

Malraux, Andre

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Suit the action to the world, the world to the action, with this special observance, that you overstep not the modesty of nature.

Shakespeare, William

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The ancestor of every action is thought.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.

Pound, Ezra

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Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read; and the

Pike, Albert

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Begin somewhere: you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

Smith, Liz

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

Quarles, Francis

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I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.

Mencken, H. L.

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The search for the perfect venture can turn into procrastination. Your idea may or may not have merit. The key is to get started.

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You will never win if you never begin.

Schuller, Robert H.

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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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Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.

Garibaldi, Giuseppe

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No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

Fosdick, Harry Emerson

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

Hammarskjold, Dag

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It is following the line of least resistance that makes men and rivers crooked.

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We are taught by great actions that the universe is the property of every individual in it.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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He who limps is still walking.

Lec, Stanislaw J.

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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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You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.

Francis De Sales, St.

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

Warford, Rita

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

Einstein, Albert

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

Schmidt, Helmut

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Never mind your happiness; do your duty.

Durant, William J.

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Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

Hugo, Victor

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The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.

Hill, Napoleon

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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

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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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The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs

Proverb, Irish

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Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our own deeds.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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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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There should be less talk; a preaching point is not a meeting point. What do you do then? Take a broom and clean someone's house. That says enough.

Mother Teresa

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Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.

Schuller, Robert H.

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Action is the real measure of intelligence.

Hill, Napoleon