Motivational Quotes

Action

People sitting on top of the world, usually arrived there standing up.

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Best Quotes about Action

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.

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

Auerbach, Red

The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.

Lichtenberg, Georg C.

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

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

Schmidt, Helmut

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

Letterman, David

For as one star another far exceeds, So souls in heaven are placed by their deeds.

Greene, Robert

Some will, some don't, so what!

Proverb, American

Activity and sadness are incompatible.

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Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.

Picasso, Pablo

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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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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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Talk doesn't cook rice.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Lowenstein, John

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Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open.

Pine, Arthur

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To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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Never confuse motion with action.

Franklin, Benjamin

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If you want to get along, go along.

Rayburn, Sam

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To begin, begin.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

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Either move or be moved.

Powell, Colin

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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.

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He who considers too much will perform little.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

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Just as a flower which seems beautiful and has color but no perfume, so are the fruitless words of the man who speaks them but does them not.

Dhammapada

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The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Berger, Sally

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

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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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Let your performance do the thinking.

Brown Jr., H. Jackson

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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

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Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

Hill, Napoleon

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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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If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.

Maharshi, Ramana

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

Grant, Heber J.

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Heaven never helps the men who will not act.

Sophocles

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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.

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Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

Saying, Zen

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Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity.

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

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

Hasselhoff, David

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You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

Brown, Les

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Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.

Stone, W. Clement

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

James, William

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If you want a trait, act as if you already have the trait.

James, William

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

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

Ennius, Quintus

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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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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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It's easy to work for somebody else; all you have to do is show up.

Warford, Rita

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Action is character.

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Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.

Saunders

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All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.

Einstein, Albert