Motivational Quotes

Action

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

- Stevenson, Robert Louis

Best Quotes about Action

Heaven never helps the men who will not act.

Sophocles

People say to me, You were a roaring success. How did you do it? I go back to what my parents taught me. Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make something happen.

Iacocca, Lee

A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need.

Calderon de la Barca, Pedro

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

It is better to rust out than wear out.

Whitefield, George

Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.

Dyer, Wayne

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

Letterman, David

Let us, if we must have great actions, make our own so. All action is of infinite elasticity, and the least admits of being inflated with celestial air, until it eclipses the sun and moon.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Horace

11.

Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.

Curcio, Joan L.

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

Balzac, Honore De

13.

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

Eliot, George

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Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt.

Cousins, Norman

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

Batt, Al

16.

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

Proverb, Mexican

17.

Backbone beats wishbone every time.

18.

Let your performance do the thinking.

Brown Jr., H. Jackson

19.

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

Proverb, Chinese

20.

Let your hook always be cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be a fish.

Ovid

21.

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

22.

I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.

Lewis, Harvey Spencer

23.

Never confuse motion with action.

Franklin, Benjamin

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

Bible

25.

No rules for success will work if you don't.

26.

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

Schmidt, Helmut

27.

A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.

Calvin, John

28.

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

Schuller, Robert H.

29.

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

Bible

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One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time.

Wanamaker, John

31.

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

32.

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

33.

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

Bible

34.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

James, William

35.

He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.

Clarke, James Freeman

36.

Act quickly, think slowly.

Proverb, Greek

37.

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

Bowkett, Chris

38.

Do it now. Then it's done.

39.

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

Holtz, Lou

40.

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.

41.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Berger, Sally

42.

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

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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

44.

It isn't sufficient just to want -- you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

Rosen, Richard D.

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When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike you, do not wait until he has struck before you crush him.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps, If you are not willing to move your feet.

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What you are will show in what you do.

Edison, Thomas A.