Motivational Quotes

Action

If you want to get along, go along.

- Rayburn, Sam

Best Quotes about Action

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

Warford, Rita

Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt.

Cousins, Norman

You can't start at the top.

Levenson, Samuel

Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.

Whittier, John Greenleaf

When all is said the greatest action is to limit and isolate one's self.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.

Levin, James

One thought driven home is better than three left on base.

Liter, James

Let your performance do the thinking.

Brown Jr., H. Jackson

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

Lu Xun

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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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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

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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

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Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless.

Arendt, Hannah

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You have to make it happen.

Greene, Joe

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Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.

James, William

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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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It is better to rust out than wear out.

Whitefield, George

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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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What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.

Proverb, Ibo

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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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Try and trust will move mountains.

Proverb

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

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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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Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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What we need is to use what we have.

Walsh, Basil S.

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The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.

Curcio, Joan L.

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

Hasselhoff, David

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

Sher, Barbara

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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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No rules for success will work if you don't.

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Our actions are like the terminations of verses, which we rhyme as we please.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

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The road of life can only reveal itself as it is traveled; each turn in the road reveals a surprise. Man's future is hidden.

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Do it now. Then it's done.

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You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth.

Riley, Pat

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

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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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What you are will show in what you do.

Edison, Thomas A.

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

Smith, Liz

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Anything you do can get you fired; this includes doing nothing.

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

Rogers, Will

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

47.

How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive o all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.

Inge, Dean William R.

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The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.

Bushnell, Nolan

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We will not know unless we begin.

Zinn, Howard

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

Troward, Thomas