Motivational Quotes

Action

The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.

- Perot, H. Ross

Best Quotes about Action

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

Schopenhauer, Arthur

Suit the action to the world, the world to the action, with this special observance, that you overstep not the modesty of nature.

Shakespeare, William

Let us be tried by our actions.

Motto

Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful.

Wattles, Wallace D.

You must get involved to have an impact. No one is impressed with the won-lost record of the referee.

Holcomb, John H.

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

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

Balzac, Honore De

Some will, some don't, so what!

Proverb, American

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

Dyer, Wayne

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Logic will not change an emotion, but action will.

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

Franklin, Benjamin

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

Smith, Sydney

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Let every man or woman here, if you never hear me again, remember this, that if you wish to be great at all, you must begin where you are and with what you are. He who would be great anywhere must first be great in his own Philadelphia.

Conwell, Russel H.

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

Proverb, American

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

Proverb, Irish

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

Hubbard, Kin

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

Ziglar, Zig

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

Holtz, Lou

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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.

Clarke, James Freeman

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

Liter, James

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The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.

Bushnell, Nolan

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Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Turner, Ted

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A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of action.. You must act as you breathe.

Clemenceau, Georges

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The view only changes for the lead dog.

Sergeant Preston of The Yukon

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Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing.

Shakespeare, William

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Action makes more fortune than caution.

Clapiers, Luc De

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A well begun is half ended.

Plato

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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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If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen.

Dimaggio, Joe

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

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The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.

Quarles, Francis

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

Proverb, Chinese

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It isn't sufficient just to want -- you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

Rosen, Richard D.

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The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number.

Hutcheson, Francis

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Never confuse motion with action.

Franklin, Benjamin

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

Proverb, Chinese

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

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Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt.

Cousins, Norman

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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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Don't think, just do.

Horton, Reiko

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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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Leap, and the net will appear.

Cameron, Julie

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Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know.

Macdonald, George

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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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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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One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time.

Wanamaker, John

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

Gandhi, Mahatma