Motivational Quotes

Action

When a man dies, what does not leave him? The voice of a dead man goes into fire, his breath into wind, his eyes into the sun, his mind into the moon, his hearing into the quarters of heaven, his body into the land cheerfully. earth, his spirit into space

- Upanishads, Veda

Best Quotes about Action

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

Bruyere, Jean De La

Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.

Rowan, Carl

It's better to waste one's youth than to do nothing with it at all.

Courteline, Georges

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

Saying, Zen

Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.

James, William

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

Bronowski, Jacob

A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need.

Calderon de la Barca, Pedro

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

Linall Jr. A. L.

10.

Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn't, do something else.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

11.

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.

12.

Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.

Ovid

13.

No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

Fosdick, Harry Emerson

14.

Try and trust will move mountains.

Proverb

15.

I didn't think; I experimented.

Roentgen, Wilhelm

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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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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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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

19.

It's no good agreeing with a person who can't make up his mind.

20.

One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time.

Wanamaker, John

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The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.

Perot, H. Ross

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Action is the product of the qualities inherent in nature.

Bhagavad Gita

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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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A sedentary life is the real sin against the Holy Spirit. Only those thoughts that come by walking have any value.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

25.

Many have too much, but none enough.

Proverb, Danish

26.

You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.

Holmes, Marjorie

27.

In the final analysis, the questions of why bad things happen to good people transmutes itself into some very different questions, no longer asking why something happened, but asking how we will respond, what we intend to do now that it happened.

Kushner, Rabbi Harold S.

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Action is character.

29.

It is not good enough for things to be planned -- they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation.

Khan, Pir Vilayat

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

Picasso, Pablo

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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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There is no use trying, said Alice; one can't believe impossible things. I dare say you haven't had much practice, said the Queen. When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

Carroll, Lewis

33.

What really matters is what you do with what you have.

Lord, Shirley

34.

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

Aurelius, Marcus

35.

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

36.

Action makes more fortune than caution.

Clapiers, Luc De

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We have all the light we need, we just need to put it in practice.

Pilgrim, Peace

38.

No, Ernest, don't talk about action. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

Wilde, Oscar

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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

40.

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

Whittier, John Greenleaf

41.

Allow motion to equal emotion.

Hubbard, Elbert

42.

Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.

Franklin, Benjamin

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Being stuck is a position few of us like. We want something new but cannot let go of the old -- old ideas, beliefs, habits, even thoughts. We are out of contact with our own genius. Sometimes we know we are stuck; sometimes we don't. In both cases we have to DO something.

Teekens, Inga

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

James, William

45.

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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Suit the action to the world, the world to the action, with this special observance, that you overstep not the modesty of nature.

Shakespeare, William

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Thought is the organizing factor in man, intersected between the causal primary instincts and the resulting actions.