Motivational Quotes

Action

It is following the line of least resistance that makes men and rivers crooked.

Famous Inspirational Daily Quotes

Best Quotes about Action

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Grant, Heber J.

A well begun is half ended.

Plato

My friend, why have you drifted so far away? All motion is relative, maybe it is you who have moved away by standing still.

If you act like you know what you're doing, you can do anything you want -- except neurosurgery.

Lowenstein, John

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Angelou, Maya

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Curcio, Joan L.

Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for him to do. But every day, every hour, rushes by. There is no time.

Long, Haniel

Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know.

Macdonald, George

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The link between ideas and action is rarely direct. There is almost always an intermediate step in which the idea is overcome. De Tocqueville points out that it is at times when passions start to govern human affairs that ideas are most obviously translated into political action. The translation of ideas into action is usually in the hands of people least likely to follow rational motives. Hence, it is that action is often the nemesis of ideas, and sometimes of the men who formulate them. One of the marks of the 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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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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Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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

Whitehead, Alfred North

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Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

Proverb, Italian

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How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive to do thy duty; then you shall know what is in thee.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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You won't skid if you stay in a rut.

Hubbard, Kin

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

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Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

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What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.

Pound, Ezra

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

Proverb, Chinese

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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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There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is on a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.

Graham, Martha

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Before you can do something you must first be something.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Many have too much, but none enough.

Proverb, Danish

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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

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Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.

Schuller, Robert H.

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The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology.

Auerbach, Red

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Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do, if it were my last of life.

Edwards, Edward

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We are born to action; and whatever is capable of suggesting and guiding action has power over us from the first.

Cooley, Charles Horton

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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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There should be less talk; a preaching point is not a meeting point. What do you do then? Take a broom and clean someone's house. That says enough.

Mother Teresa

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Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Turner, Ted

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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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Do it now! can affect every phase of your life. It can help you do the things you should do but don't feel like doing. It can keep you from procrastinating when an unpleasant duty faces you. But it can also help you do those things that you want to do. It helps you seize those precious moments that, if lost, may never be retrieved.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Frieseke, Frederick (Carl)

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Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are more adapted to the contemplative life can take upon themselves the works of the active life so as to become yet more apt for contemplation.

Aquinas, St. Thomas

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You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.

Robbins, Anthony

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The greatest potential for control tends to exist at the point where action takes place.

Allen, Loius A.

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

Proverb, Chinese

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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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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

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Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

Wilde, Oscar

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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

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Next in importance to having a good aim is to recognize when to pull the trigger.

Letterman, Elmer G.

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The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.

Tolstoy, Count Leo

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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.