Motivational Quotes

Action

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

- Troward, Thomas

Best Quotes about Action

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

Mother Teresa

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can.

Smith, Sydney

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

Galsworthy, John

Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.

Garibaldi, Giuseppe

We are all ruled in what we do by impulses; and these impulses are so organized that our actions in general serve for our self preservation and that of the race.

Einstein, Albert

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

Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.

Whittier, John Greenleaf

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

Bible

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Gide, Andre

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

Schmidt, Helmut

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When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, Action, Action, Action.

Plutarch

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

Bowkett, Chris

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Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time. From this moment onwards you can be an entirely different person, filled with love and understanding, ready with an outstretched hand, uplifted and positive in every thought and deed.

Caddy, Eileen

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Action expresses priorities.

Garfield, Charles A.

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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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In this country men seem to live for action as long as they can and sink into apathy when they retire.

Adams, Charles Francis

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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 road of life can only reveal itself as it is traveled; each turn in the road reveals a surprise. Man's future is hidden.

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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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Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand -- and melting like a snowflake.

Ray, Marie Beyon

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Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute; What you can do, or dream you can, begin it.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

24.

A well begun is half ended.

Plato

25.

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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To begin, begin.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

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Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

Eliot, George

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

Viscott, David

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Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.

Canfield, Jack

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Doing is a quantum leap from imagining. Thinking about swimming isn't much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the water can take your breath away. The defense force inside of us wants us to be cautious, to stay away from anything as intense as a new kind of action. Its job is to protect us, and it categorically avoids anything resembling danger. But it's often wrong. Anything worth doing is worth doing too soon.

Sher, Barbara

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Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

Linall Jr. A. L.

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Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.

Aurelius, Marcus

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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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Two-thirds of promotion is motion

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

Smith, Liz

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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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Before you can do something you must first be something.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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The secret to success is to start from scratch and keep on scratching.

Green, Dennis

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The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.

Frieseke, Frederick (Carl)

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You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree.

Morgan, John Pierpont

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

James, William

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

Hasselhoff, David

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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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You can't aim a duck to death.

Boardman, Gael

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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way. We become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.

Aristotle

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Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often

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If you start soon enough, you won't have to run to catch up.

49.

Let your performance do the thinking.

Brown Jr., H. Jackson

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In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

Schopenhauer, Arthur