Motivational Quotes

Action

If it were done when 'tis done, then t'were well. It were done quickly.

- Shakespeare, William

Best Quotes about Action

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

Maharshi, Ramana

Oh, I'm not going to do anything to them. The thought that I might will be enough to keep them going.

Bowkett, Chris

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

Hasselhoff, David

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

He who considers too much will perform little.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions.

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.

Cicero, Marcus T.

Big words seldom accompany good deeds.

Proverb, Danish

What you are will show in what you do.

Edison, Thomas A.

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When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, Action, Action, Action.

Plutarch

11.

Begin where you are; work where you are; the hour which you are now wasting, dreaming of some far off success may be crowded with grand possibilities.

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Lowenstein, John

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Many are called but few get up.

Herford, Oliver

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Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.

Balzac, Honore De

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Don't think, just do.

Horton, Reiko

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

Proverb, Chinese

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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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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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You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.

Francis De Sales, St.

20.

Be both the gardener and the rose.

21.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Turner, Ted

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All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.

Einstein, Albert

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

Proverb, French

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If it were done when 'tis done, then t'were well. It were done quickly.

Shakespeare, William

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It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.

Proverb, French

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Action makes more fortune than caution.

Clapiers, Luc De

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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Action is the product of the qualities inherent in nature.

Bhagavad Gita

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How long will they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look?

Marley, Bob

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The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology.

Auerbach, Red

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One of the best lessons children learn through video games is standing still will get them killed quicker than anything else.

Milea, Jinx

33.

Backbone beats wishbone every time.

34.

If you want a thing done, go. If not, send. The shortest answer is doing.

Proverb, English

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

Cass, Lewis

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So many fail because they don't get started -- they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.

Stone, W. Clement

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

Quarles, Francis

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We are taught by great actions that the universe is the property of every individual in it.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Proverb, German

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

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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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Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.

Rowan, Carl

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The successful men of action are not sufficiently self-observant to know exactly on what their success depends.

Jacobs, Joseph

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We will not know unless we begin.

Zinn, Howard

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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!