Motivational Quotes

Action

He who considers too much will perform little.

- Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

Best Quotes about Action

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Doing leads more surely to talking than talking to doing.

Vinet

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

Hubbard, Elbert

The only way to start is to start.

Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.

Dyer, Wayne

Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.

Proverb, Chinese

Doing nothing is the most tiresome job in the world because you cannot quit and rest.

Let every man or woman here, if you never hear me again, remember this, that if you wish to be great at all, you must begin where you are and with what you are. He who would be great anywhere must first be great in his own Philadelphia.

Conwell, Russel H.

It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.

Proverb, French

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

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

Whittier, John Greenleaf

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

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It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.

Nin, Anais

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I never worry about action, but only inaction.

Churchill, Winston

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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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Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

Roosevelt, Theodore

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It is better to rust out than wear out.

Whitefield, George

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Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are more adapted to the contemplative life can take upon themselves the works of the active life so as to become yet more apt for contemplation.

Aquinas, St. Thomas

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

Collingwood, Robin G.

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

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

Hasselhoff, David

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Act, if you like, but you do it at your peril. Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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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Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.

Nehru, Jawaharlal

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We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything.

Eliot, Sir John

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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

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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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The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.

Smiles, Samuel

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The link between ideas and action is rarely direct. There is almost always an intermediate step in which the idea is overcome. De Tocqueville points out that it is at times when passions start to govern human affairs that ideas are most obviously translated into political action. The translation of ideas into action is usually in the hands of people least likely to follow rational motives. Hence, it is that action is often the nemesis of ideas, and sometimes of the men who formulate them. One of the marks of the 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

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He who strikes first, strikes twice.

Proverb, Mexican

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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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Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

Hill, Napoleon

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In this country men seem to live for action as long as they can and sink into apathy when they retire.

Adams, Charles Francis

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Action expresses priorities.

Garfield, Charles A.

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

Proverb, American

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Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Turner, Ted

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

Proverb, Chinese

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You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.

Gerstner, Lou

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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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The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

Proverb, Chinese

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The ancestor of every action is thought.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Grant, Heber J.

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It is not good enough for things to be planned -- they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation.

Khan, Pir Vilayat

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People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do.

Cass, Lewis

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

Arendt, Hannah

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

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Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.

Mother Teresa