Motivational Quotes

Action

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

Best Quotes about Action

I am easily satisfied with the very best.

Churchill, Winston

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

Rogers, Will

The secret of getting things done is to act!

David, Benjamin O.

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

Bruyere, Jean De La

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

Churchill, Winston

It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done.

Woolf, Virginia

I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. Henceforth, I will repeat these words each hour, each day, everyday, until the words become as much a habit as my breathing, and the action which follows becomes as instinctive as the blinking of my eyelids. With these words I can condition my mind to perform every action necessary for my success. I will act now. I will repeat these words again and again and again. I will walk where failures fear to walk. I will work when failures seek rest. I will act now for now is all I have. Tomorrow is the day reserved for the labor of the lazy. I am not lazy. Tomorrow is the day when the failure will succeed. I am not a failure. I will act now. Success will not wait. If I delay, success will become wed to another and lost to me forever. This is the time. This is the place. I am the person.

Mandino, Og

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

Taylor, Russell C.

Everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

Evans, Richard L.

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If you stand still long enough, you'll get stuck

Hasselhoff, David

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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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The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.

Quarles, Francis

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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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Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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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.

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The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.

D'Alembert

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

Company, Lanes

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

Ennius, Quintus

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Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often

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The search for the perfect venture can turn into procrastination. Your idea may or may not have merit. The key is to get started.

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I will act as if what I do makes a difference.

James, William

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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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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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Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.

Garibaldi, Giuseppe

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Let every man or woman here, if you never hear me again, remember this, that if you wish to be great at all, you must begin where you are and with what you are. He who would be great anywhere must first be great in his own Philadelphia.

Conwell, Russel H.

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You have to make it happen.

Greene, Joe

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

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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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We are taught by great actions that the universe is the property of every individual in it.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions.

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

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Act, if you like, but you do it at your peril. Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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When we don't have what we like, we must like what we have.

Proverb, French

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Take the first step, and your mind will mobilize all its forces to your aid. But the first essential is that you begin. Once the battle is startled, all that is within and without you will come to your assistance.

Collier, Robert

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If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.

Viscott, David

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

Jacobs, Joseph

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Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

Linall Jr. A. L.

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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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It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.

Troward, Thomas

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We are always getting ready to live, but never living.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.

Mencken, H. L.

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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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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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You will never win if you never begin.

Schuller, Robert H.

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Action is the product of the qualities inherent in nature.

Bhagavad Gita

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Some people forget to plant in the spring, idle away the summer hours and then expect to reap in the fall.