Motivational Quotes

Action

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

- Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Best Quotes about Action

As one acts and conducts himself, so does he become. The doer of good becomes good. The doer of evil becomes evil. One becomes virtuous by virtuous action, bad by bad action.

Upanishads, Veda

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can.

Smith, Sydney

Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. [Matthew 7:12]

Bible

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Turner, Ted

Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.

Balzac, Honore De

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

Maharshi, Ramana

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

Do it now. Then it's done.

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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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After all is said and done, more is said than done.

Proverb, American

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Only the actions of the just smell sweet and blossom in the dust.

Shirley, James

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

Pilgrim, Peace

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He who strikes first, strikes twice.

Proverb, Mexican

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If it were done when 'tis done, then t'were well. It were done quickly.

Shakespeare, William

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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.

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Act like you expect to get into the end zone.

Paterno, Joe

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It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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

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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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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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Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.

Landon, Michael

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We will not know unless we begin.

Zinn, Howard

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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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

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

Einstein, Albert

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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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Many are called but few get up.

Herford, Oliver

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Act, don't react!

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

Sandburg, Carl

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The secret of getting things done is to act!

David, Benjamin O.

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Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Grant, Heber J.

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Effective action is always unjust.

Anouilh, Jean

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We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act.

Vivekananda, Swami

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

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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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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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Gide, Andre

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An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.

Proverb, Mexican

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We are always getting ready to live, but never living.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.

Nin, Anais

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He is rich that is satisfied.

Fuller, Thomas

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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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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.

Aurelius, Marcus

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Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

Hubbard, Elbert