Motivational Quotes

Action

Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.

- Saunders

Best Quotes about Action

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

Proverb, American

Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

Saying, Zen

You won't skid if you stay in a rut.

Hubbard, Kin

Action is the product of the qualities inherent in nature.

Bhagavad Gita

He who limps is still walking.

Lec, Stanislaw J.

Do it now. Then it's done.

My friend, why have you drifted so far away? All motion is relative, maybe it is you who have moved away by standing still.

Don't look back, just keep on walking.

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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You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.

Aikman, Leo

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If you want a trait, act as if you already have the trait.

James, William

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If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.

Maharshi, Ramana

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

Sher, Barbara

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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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Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time. From this moment onwards you can be an entirely different person, filled with love and understanding, ready with an outstretched hand, uplifted and positive in every thought and deed.

Caddy, Eileen

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

Mencken, H. L.

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It's no good agreeing with a person who can't make up his mind.

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

Collingwood, Robin G.

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What really matters is what you do with what you have.

Lord, Shirley

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To talk goodness is not good... only to do it is.

Proverb, Chinese

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The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.

Lichtenberg, Georg C.

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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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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Gide, Andre

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Never mind your happiness; do your duty.

Durant, William J.

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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Grant, Heber J.

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

Pancoast, Mal

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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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Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Drucker, Peter F.

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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

Gaulle, Charles De

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Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.

Fichte, Johann G.

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We have all the light we need, we just need to put it in practice.

Pilgrim, Peace

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Action makes more fortune than caution.

Clapiers, Luc De

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You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.

Holmes, Marjorie

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Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.

Dyer, Wayne

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You have to make it happen.

Greene, Joe

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Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

Letterman, David

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

Pauling, Linus

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

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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

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A gold medal is a wonderful thing, but if you're not enough without the medal, you'll never be enough with it.

Movie, Cool Runnings

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

Rohn, Jim

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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

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No one will do it for you.