Motivational Quotes

Action

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

- Smith, Liz

Best Quotes about Action

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.

Keller, Helen

The secret of getting things done is to act!

David, Benjamin O.

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

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

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

Ross, Percy

Either move or be moved.

Powell, Colin

He who considers too much will perform little.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

A man's action is only a picture book of his creed.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.

Robbins, Anthony

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

Lord, Shirley

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Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.

Picasso, Pablo

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Some people grin and bear it; others smile and do it.

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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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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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If you want to get along, go along.

Rayburn, Sam

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If you want a trait, act as if you already have the trait.

James, William

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Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.

Clemenceau, Georges

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Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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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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Before you can do something you must first be something.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.

Galsworthy, John

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The best way to get something done is to begin.

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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn't, do something else.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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Ideas won't keep, something must be done about them.

Whitehead, Alfred North

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Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

Whitehead, Alfred North

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My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.

Kelland, Clarence Buddinton

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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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Two-thirds of promotion is motion

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

Holtz, Lou

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

Smiles, Samuel

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Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity.

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

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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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A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of action.. You must act as you breathe.

Clemenceau, Georges

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Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.

Hansen, Mark Victor

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.

Proverb, French

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We have all the light we need, we just need to put it in practice.

Pilgrim, Peace

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It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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Take action in order to move toward your goals.

Brown, Les

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The view only changes for the lead dog.

Sergeant Preston of The Yukon

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Logic will not change an emotion, but action will.

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

Riley, Pat

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

Sher, Barbara

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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself.

Proverb, Chinese

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I didn't think; I experimented.

Roentgen, Wilhelm

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So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.

Iacocca, Lee

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

Robbins, Anthony