Motivational Quotes

Action

Sings. Hope in every sphere of life is a privilege that attaches to action. No action, no hope.

- Levi, Peter

Best Quotes about Action

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

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

Franklin, Benjamin

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

Bruyere, Jean De La

Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.

Nehru, Jawaharlal

In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.

Hammarskjold, Dag

Good things happen to those who hustle.

Noll, Chuck

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

You have to make it happen.

Greene, Joe

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Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.

Schuller, Robert H.

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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

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A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.

Galsworthy, John

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Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.

Wordsworth, William

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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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It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

Eliot, George

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He who limps is still walking.

Lec, Stanislaw J.

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What you are will show in what you do.

Edison, Thomas A.

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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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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

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If you stand still long enough, you'll get stuck

Hasselhoff, David

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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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It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

Batt, Al

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Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is solid.

Carlyle, Thomas

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

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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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To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last --but eat you he will.

Reagan, Ronald

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He who considers too much will perform little.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

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Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.

Garibaldi, Giuseppe

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

Holtz, Lou

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No rules for success will work if you don't.

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To begin, begin.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

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Begin to free yourself at once by doing all that is possible with the means you have, and as you proceed in this spirit the way will open for you to do more.

Collier, Robert

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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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Be both the gardener and the rose.

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

Ziglar, Zig

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No one will do it for you.

Stein, Ben

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When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, Action, Action, Action.

Plutarch

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The soul is made for action, and cannot rest till it be employed. Idleness is its rust. Unless it will up and think and taste and see, all is in vain.

Traherne, Thomas

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Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

James, William

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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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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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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

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I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.

Keller, Helen

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

Sher, Barbara

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The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs

Proverb, Irish

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Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.

Proverb, Chinese

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All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.