Motivational Quotes

Action

I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.

- Schuller, Robert H.

Best Quotes about Action

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

Bible

It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.

Proverb, French

Some people forget to plant in the spring, idle away the summer hours and then expect to reap in the fall.

Either move or be moved.

Powell, Colin

He who limps is still walking.

Lec, Stanislaw J.

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

Schwarzkopf, Norman

If you think about it seriously, all the questions about the soul and the immortality of the soul and paradise and hell are at bottom only a way of seeing this very simple fact: that every action of ours is passed on to others according to its value, of good or evil, it passes from father to son, from one generation to the next, in a perpetual movement.

Gramsci, Antonio

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

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

Cass, Lewis

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Leap, and the net will appear.

Cameron, Julie

11.

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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Be both the gardener and the rose.

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Doing leads more surely to talking than talking to doing.

Vinet

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

Holtz, Lou

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Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

Wilde, Oscar

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Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of thought.

Heine, Heinrich

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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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One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.

Roger, John

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Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.

Ross, Percy

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Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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Allow motion to equal emotion.

Hubbard, Elbert

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

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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

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We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

Disney, Walt

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The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.

Tolstoy, Count Leo

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Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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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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All rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full.

Bible

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Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for him to do. But every day, every hour, rushes by. There is no time.

Long, Haniel

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

Saying, Zen

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If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen.

Dimaggio, Joe

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

Liter, James

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

Smiles, Samuel

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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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It is not whether your words or actions are tough or gentle; it is the spirit behind your actions and words that announces your inner state.

Ching Ning Chu

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Action makes more fortune than caution.

Clapiers, Luc De

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Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is solid.

Carlyle, Thomas

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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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There is no use trying, said Alice; one can't believe impossible things. I dare say you haven't had much practice, said the Queen. When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

Carroll, Lewis

42.

It's better to waste one's youth than to do nothing with it at all.

Courteline, Georges

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Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Drucker, Peter F.

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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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The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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 saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Frieseke, Frederick (Carl)

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The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.

Proudhon, Pierre Joseph