Motivational Quotes

Action

Now is the season for sailing; for already the chattering swallow is come and the pleasant west wind; the meadows bloom and the sea, tossed up with waves and rough blasts, has sunk to silence. Weigh thine anchors and unloose thy hawsers, O Mariner, and sail with all thy canvas set.

- Tarentum, Leonidas of

Best Quotes about Action

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Gracian, Baltasar

A well begun is half ended.

Plato

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

Company, Lanes

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

Smiles, Samuel

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

I am easily satisfied with the very best.

Churchill, Winston

Activity and sadness are incompatible.

Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.

Proverb, Chinese

To talk goodness is not good... only to do it is.

Proverb, Chinese

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Existence was given us for action. Our worth is determined by the good deed we do, rather than by the fine emotions we feel,

Magnin, Edgar F.

11.

Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.

Pauling, Linus

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Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.

Rowan, Carl

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Doing nothing is the most tiresome job in the world because you cannot quit and rest.

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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 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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It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.

Proverb, French

17.

Action makes more fortune than caution.

Clapiers, Luc De

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Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.

Mother Teresa

19.

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

Ziglar, Zig

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It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.

Bruyere, Jean De La

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One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action --the ability to pass directly from thought to action.

Hoffer, Eric

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What we need is to use what we have.

Walsh, Basil S.

23.

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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Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.

Proverb

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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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Let no one be deluded that a knowledge of the path can substitute for putting one foot in front of the other.

Richards, Mary Caroline

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It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

Bronte, Charlotte

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Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. [Matthew 7:12]

Bible

29.

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

Amiel, Henri Frederic

31.

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

Disney, Walt

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What you are will show in what you do.

Edison, Thomas A.

33.

Do it now. Then it's done.

34.

Good things happen to those who hustle.

Noll, Chuck

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

Bible

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We will not know unless we begin.

Zinn, Howard

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Have a bias toward action -- let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.

Thalheimer, Richard

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The common conception is that motivation leads to action, but the reverse is true -- action precedes motivation. You have to prime the pump and get the juice flowing, which motivates you to work on your goals. Getting momentum going is the most difficult part of the job, and often taking the first step is enough to prompt you to make the best of your day.

Mckain, Robert J.

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Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.

Dyer, Wayne

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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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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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Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.

Rogers, Will

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I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.

Stone, W. Clement

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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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To begin, begin.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

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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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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.

Aristotle

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We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.

Aristotle

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

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Do every act of your life as if it were your last.

Aurelius, Marcus