Motivational Quotes

Action

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

- Smiles, Samuel

Best Quotes about Action

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

Arendt, Hannah

Try and trust will move mountains.

Proverb

All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them. [Matthew 7:12]

Bible

Act quickly, think slowly.

Proverb, Greek

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

Jacobs, Joseph

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk -- and to act.

Maltz, Maxwell

Every man of action has a strong dose of egoism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be regarded as high qualities if he can make them the means to achieve great ends.

Gaulle, Charles De

If you don't make things happen then things will happen to you.

Company, Lanes

The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs

Proverb, Irish

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I didn't think; I experimented.

Roentgen, Wilhelm

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

Rohn, Jim

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

Schwarzkopf, Norman

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Action makes more fortune than caution.

Clapiers, Luc De

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Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigor, and activity of man's nature.

South, Bishop Robert

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He who considers too much will perform little.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

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Every action we take, everything we do, is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be.

Byrhhe, Anne

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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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Begin to free yourself at once by doing all that is possible with the means you have, and as you proceed in this spirit the way will open for you to do more.

Collier, Robert

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He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.

Horace

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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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Either move or be moved.

Powell, Colin

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You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth.

Riley, Pat

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

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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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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 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

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The best way to get something done is to begin.

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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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Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious.

Amiel, Henri Frederic

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

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

Saunders

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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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Do it this very moment, Don't put it off, There's no use in doing a kindness, if you do it a day too late.

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As I grow older, I pay less attention to what people say. I just watch what they do.

Carnegie, Andrew

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A human action becomes genuinely important when it springs from the soil of a clear-sighted awareness of the temporality and the ephemerally of everything human. It is only this awareness that can breathe any greatness into an action.

Havel, Vaclav

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

Cass, Lewis

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You have to be before you can do, and do before you can have.

Ziglar, Zig

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Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.

Levin, James

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Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Jerome, St.

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No one will do it for you.

Stein, Ben

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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

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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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The greatest step is out the door.

Proverb, German

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An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.

Proverb, Mexican

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Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.

Landon, Michael

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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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Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

Edison, Thomas A.