Motivational Quotes

Action

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

- Edison, Thomas A.

Best Quotes about Action

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

Hubbard, Kin

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

Adams, Charles Francis

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich

Backbone beats wishbone every time.

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

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

Mother Teresa

The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

Proverb, Chinese

Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.

Confucius

What you are will show in what you do.

Edison, Thomas A.

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What really distinguishes this generation in all countries from earlier generations... is its determination to act, its joy in action, the assurance of being able to change things by one's own efforts.

Arendt, Hannah

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When all is said the greatest action is to limit and isolate one's self.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.

Carlyle, Thomas

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The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.

Proudhon, Pierre Joseph

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Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.

Fichte, Johann G.

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Begin where you are; work where you are; the hour which you are now wasting, dreaming of some far off success may be crowded with grand possibilities.

Marden, Orison Swett

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You can't start at the top.

Levenson, Samuel

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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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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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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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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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A gold medal is a wonderful thing, but if you're not enough without the medal, you'll never be enough with it.

Movie, Cool Runnings

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

Green, Dennis

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You have to be before you can do, and do before you can have.

Ziglar, Zig

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One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.

Roger, John

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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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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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Good things happen to those who hustle.

Noll, Chuck

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One of the best lessons children learn through video games is standing still will get them killed quicker than anything else.

Milea, Jinx

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Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.

Levin, James

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

Sandburg, Carl

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Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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I like these words -- they seem to suggest action: If you hear a kind word spoken Of some worthy soul you know, It may fill his heart with sunshine If you'd only tell him so. If a deed, however humble, helps you On your way to go, Seek the one whose hand has helped you. Seek him out and tell him so. If your heart is touched and tender Towards sinner log and low, It might help him to do better If you could only tell him so.

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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

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Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.

Proverb

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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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Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

Hugo, Victor

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

Saying, Zen

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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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I am easily satisfied with the very best.