Motivational Quotes

Action

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

Best Quotes about Action

Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.

Amiel, Henri Frederic

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

Letterman, David

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

Ziglar, Zig

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

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

What you are will show in what you do.

Edison, Thomas A.

He who walks with the lame learns how to limp.

Proverb, Latin

You can't aim a duck to death.

Boardman, Gael

A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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Let your hook always be cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be a fish.

Ovid

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If you shoot for the stars and hit the moon, it's OK. But you've got to shoot for something. A lot of people don't even shoot.

Townsend, Robert

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Every action we take, everything we do, is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be.

Byrhhe, Anne

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Believe in boys and girls and men and women of a great tomorrow that what so ever the boy soweth the man shall reap.

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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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The best way to get something done is to begin.

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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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I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

Lincoln, Abraham

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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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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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To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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Backbone beats wishbone every time.

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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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We will not know unless we begin.

Zinn, Howard

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

Hammarskjold, Dag

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If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.

Viscott, David

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

Frieseke, Frederick (Carl)

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The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology.

Auerbach, Red

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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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Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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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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But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. [James 1:22]

Bible

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I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

Taylor, Russell C.

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Some people forget to plant in the spring, idle away the summer hours and then expect to reap in the fall.

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The successful men of action are not sufficiently self-observant to know exactly on what their success depends.

Jacobs, Joseph

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He who strikes first, strikes twice.

Proverb, Mexican

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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn't, do something else.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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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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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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There's as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something.

Crow, Trammell

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I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.

Schuller, Robert H.

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An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.

Howells, William Dean

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

Hutcheson, Francis

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Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time. From this moment onwards you can be an entirely different person, filled with love and understanding, ready with an outstretched hand, uplifted and positive in every thought and deed.

Caddy, Eileen

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Don't look back, just keep on walking.

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Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.

Bergson, Henri L.

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Do it now. Then it's done.

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Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.

Milne, A. A.

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It was prettily devised of Aesop, The fly sat on the axle tree of the chariot wheel and said,what dust do I raise!

Bacon, Francis

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

Clarke, James Freeman