Motivational Quotes

Action

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

Best Quotes about Action

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

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

Bruyere, Jean De La

Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.

Dyer, Wayne

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

You don't have to get it right the first time.

Sher, Barbara

I am easily satisfied with the very best.

Churchill, Winston

One thought driven home is better than three left on base.

Liter, James

Backbone beats wishbone every time.

Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.

Ross, Percy

10.

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

11.

Two-thirds of promotion is motion

12.

He who limps is still walking.

Lec, Stanislaw J.

13.

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

Pilgrim, Peace

14.

Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.

Rowan, Carl

15.

Some people grin and bear it; others smile and do it.

16.

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

Grant, Heber J.

17.

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

Lord, Shirley

18.

The only way you can bring in the harvest in the fall is to plant in the spring, and to water, weed, fertilize in the summer

19.

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

20.

We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.

Robbins, Anthony

21.

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

22.

The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of the noblest.

Carlyle, Thomas

23.

It is better to rust out than wear out.

Whitefield, George

24.

We are born to action; and whatever is capable of suggesting and guiding action has power over us from the first.

Cooley, Charles Horton

25.

The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.

Frieseke, Frederick (Carl)

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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

27.

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

Ziglar, Zig

28.

Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute; What you can do, or dream you can, begin it.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Action is the real measure of intelligence.

Hill, Napoleon

30.

Before you can do something you must first be something.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

31.

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

32.

I hear and I forget, I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

Proverb, Chinese

33.

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

Schmidt, Helmut

34.

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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

36.

You will never win if you never begin.

Schuller, Robert H.

37.

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.

38.

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

Proverb, German

39.

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

40.

The greatest step is out the door.

Proverb, German

41.

Act, if you like, but you do it at your peril. Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

42.

It is following the line of least resistance that makes men and rivers crooked.

43.

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

44.

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

45.

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

Disney, Walt

46.

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

47.

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

48.

Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it.

49.

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

Peale, Norman Vincent

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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