Motivational Quotes

Action

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.

Best Quotes about Action

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

It is better to rust out than wear out.

Whitefield, George

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

Churchill, Winston

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

I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.

Stone, W. Clement

Take action in order to move toward your goals.

Brown, Les

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

Proverb, French

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

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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An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.

Howells, William Dean

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

Angelou, Maya

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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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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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All such action would cease if those powerful elemental forces were to cease stirring within us.

Einstein, Albert

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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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Doing nothing is the most tiresome job in the world because you cannot quit and rest.

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Do it this very moment, Don't put it off, There's no use in doing a kindness, if you do it a day too late.

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

Whittier, John Greenleaf

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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

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Act quickly, think slowly.

Proverb, Greek

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The best way to get something done is to begin.

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

Holmes, Marjorie

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

Schmidt, Helmut

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

Einstein, Albert

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

Bronowski, Jacob

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

Company, Lanes

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The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.

Rohn, Jim

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Every man of action has a strong dose of egoism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be regarded as high qualities if he can make them the means to achieve great ends.

Gaulle, Charles De

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Good things happen to those who hustle.

Noll, Chuck

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Like other revolutionaries I can thank God for the reactionaries. They clarify the issue.

Collingwood, Robin G.

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

Mother Teresa

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

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You can't plow a field by turning it over in your mind.

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You will never win if you never begin.

Schuller, Robert H.

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

Proverb, Italian

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

Bruyere, Jean De La

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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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Have a bias toward action -- let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.

Thalheimer, Richard

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

Morgan, John Pierpont

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Don't look back, just keep on walking.

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Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our own deeds.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigor, and activity of man's nature.

South, Bishop Robert

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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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The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.

Sandburg, Carl

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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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Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Jerome, St.