Motivational Quotes

Action

Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing.

- Shakespeare, William

Best Quotes about Action

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

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

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

Robbins, Anthony

He who limps is still walking.

Lec, Stanislaw J.

I like these words -- they seem to suggest action: If you hear a kind word spoken Of some worthy soul you know, It may fill his heart with sunshine If you'd only tell him so. If a deed, however humble, helps you On your way to go, Seek the one whose hand has helped you. Seek him out and tell him so. If your heart is touched and tender Towards sinner log and low, It might help him to do better If you could only tell him so.

No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.

Carlyle, Thomas

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

If you start soon enough, you won't have to run to catch up.

What really distinguishes this generation in all countries from earlier generations... is its determination to act, its joy in action, the assurance of being able to change things by one's own efforts.

Arendt, Hannah

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The soul is made for action, and cannot rest till it be employed. Idleness is its rust. Unless it will up and think and taste and see, all is in vain.

Traherne, Thomas

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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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You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.

Hazlitt, William

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Action expresses priorities.

Garfield, Charles A.

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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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Begin somewhere: you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

Smith, Liz

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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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One mustn't allow acting to be like stockbroker -- you must not take it just as a means of earning a living, to go down every day to do a job of work. The big thing is to combine punctuality, efficiency, good nature, obedience, intelligence, and concentration with an unawareness of what is going to happen next, thus keeping yourself available for excitement.

Gielgud, John

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Next in importance to having a good aim is to recognize when to pull the trigger.

Letterman, Elmer G.

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I hear and I forget, I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Schmidt, Helmut

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Don't think, just do.

Horton, Reiko

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What we need is to use what we have.

Walsh, Basil S.

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

Lord, Shirley

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No sooner said than done -- so acts your man of worth.

Ennius, Quintus

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

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Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing.

Shakespeare, William

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There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

Batt, Al

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

Sher, Barbara

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

Bible

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

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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Take action in order to move toward your goals.

Brown, Les

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Do it now. Then it's done.

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As one acts and conducts himself, so does he become. The doer of good becomes good. The doer of evil becomes evil. One becomes virtuous by virtuous action, bad by bad action.

Upanishads, Veda

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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

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There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is on a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.

Graham, Martha

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

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Keep your head and your heart going in the right direction and you will not have to worry about your feet.

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The best way to get something done is to begin.

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