Motivational Quotes

Action

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

Best Quotes about Action

Like other revolutionaries I can thank God for the reactionaries. They clarify the issue.

Collingwood, Robin G.

It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.

Bruyere, Jean De La

Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by.

Holtz, Lou

The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.

Iacocca, Lee

No, Ernest, don't talk about action. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

Wilde, Oscar

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

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

Batt, Al

Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps, If you are not willing to move your feet.

A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of action.. You must act as you breathe.

Clemenceau, Georges

10.

Be both the gardener and the rose.

11.

Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

Carlyle, Thomas

12.

Don't look back, just keep on walking.

13.

The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of the noblest.

Carlyle, Thomas

14.

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

15.

Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigor, and activity of man's nature.

South, Bishop Robert

16.

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

17.

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

Riley, Pat

18.

Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.

Amiel, Henri Frederic

19.

To begin, begin.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

20.

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

21.

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

Proverb, German

22.

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

Proverb, French

23.

Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.

Pauling, Linus

24.

Action expresses priorities.

Garfield, Charles A.

25.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

26.

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

Quarles, Francis

27.

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

28.

If you act like you know what you're doing, you can do anything you want -- except neurosurgery.

Lowenstein, John

29.

I am easily satisfied with the very best.

Churchill, Winston

30.

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. [James 1:22]

Bible

31.

You can't start at the top.

Levenson, Samuel

32.

Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open.

Pine, Arthur

33.

Have a bias toward action -- let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.

Thalheimer, Richard

34.

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

Carnegie, Andrew

35.

Talk doesn't cook rice.

Proverb, Chinese

36.

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

37.

He is rich that is satisfied.

Fuller, Thomas

38.

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

39.

A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.

Galsworthy, John

40.

The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.

Sandburg, Carl