Motivational Quotes

Action

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

Best Quotes about Action

We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.

Robbins, Anthony

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

Just as a flower which seems beautiful and has color but no perfume, so are the fruitless words of the man who speaks them but does them not.

Dhammapada

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

James, William

When a man dies, what does not leave him? The voice of a dead man goes into fire, his breath into wind, his eyes into the sun, his mind into the moon, his hearing into the quarters of heaven, his body into the land cheerfully. earth, his spirit into space

Upanishads, Veda

Being stuck is a position few of us like. We want something new but cannot let go of the old -- old ideas, beliefs, habits, even thoughts. We are out of contact with our own genius. Sometimes we know we are stuck; sometimes we don't. In both cases we have to DO something.

Teekens, Inga

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.

Believe in boys and girls and men and women of a great tomorrow that what so ever the boy soweth the man shall reap.

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

Frieseke, Frederick (Carl)

11.

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

Lowenstein, John

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You can't plow a field by turning it over in your mind.

13.

Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do, if it were my last of life.

Edwards, Edward

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

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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.

Aristotle

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Let your hook always be cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be a fish.

Ovid

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A sedentary life is the real sin against the Holy Spirit. Only those thoughts that come by walking have any value.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

18.

The odds of hitting your target go up dramatically when you aim at it.

Pancoast, Mal

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Heaven never helps the men who will not act.

Sophocles

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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

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

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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

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

Schmidt, Helmut

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Never confuse motion with action.

Franklin, Benjamin

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Unless a capacity for thinking be accompanied by a capacity for action, a superior mind exists in torture.

Croce, Benedetto

26.

Two-thirds of promotion is motion

27.

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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When deeds speak, words are nothing.

Proverb, African

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

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

Proverb, Mexican

33.

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

Whitehead, Alfred North

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I didn't think; I experimented.

Roentgen, Wilhelm

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

Bruyere, Jean De La

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I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.

Stone, W. Clement

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

Iacocca, Lee

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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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Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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You can never get enough of the things you don't need, because the things you don't need can never satisfy.

Ashton, Marvin J.

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You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

Brown, Les

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Let your actions always speak for you, but be forever on guard against the terrible traps of false pride and conceit that can halt your progress. The next time you are tempted to boast, just place your fist in a full pail of water, and when you remove it, the hole remaining will give you a correct measure of your importance.

Mandino, Og

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Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.

Aurelius, Marcus

44.

Good things happen to those who hustle.

Noll, Chuck

45.

I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.

Lewis, Harvey Spencer

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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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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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Don't think, just do.

Horton, Reiko

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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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Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it.