Quotes about action

"If you want to get along, go along."

Rayburn, Sam on action   

"Let no one be deluded that a knowledge of the path can substitute for putting one foot in front of the other."

Richards, Mary Caroline on action
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"Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations."

Richter, Jean Paul on action
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"You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth."

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

Robbins, Anthony on action
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"In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently."

Robbins, Anthony on action
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"Action is the foundational key to all success."

Robbins, Anthony on action   

"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 on action   

"A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided."

Robbins, Anthony on action
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"I didn't think; I experimented."

Roentgen, Wilhelm on action   

"One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more."

Roger, John on action   

"Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there."

Rogers, Will on action
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"The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch."

Rohn, Jim on action
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"When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike you, do not wait until he has struck before you crush him."

Roosevelt, Franklin D. on action   

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

Roosevelt, Franklin D. on action
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"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

Roosevelt, Theodore on action
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"Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster."

Roosevelt, Theodore on action
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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. on action   

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

Ross, Percy on action   

"Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon."

Rowan, Carl on action   

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De on action   

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

Sandburg, Carl on action
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"All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure."

Sartre, Jean-Paul on action   

"Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat."

Saunders on action   

"He who considers too much will perform little."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on action
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"Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps."

Schmidt, Helmut on action   

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

Schopenhauer, Arthur on action   

"Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly."

Schuller, Robert H. on action   

"You will never win if you never begin."

Schuller, Robert H. on action   

"Winning starts with beginning."

Schuller, Robert H. on action   

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

Schuller, Robert H. on action   

"The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it."

Schwarzkopf, Norman on action
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"The view only changes for the lead dog."

Sergeant Preston of The Yukon on action   

"Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk."

Setanti, Joaquin on action   

"Be great in act, as you have been in thought."

Shakespeare, William on action   

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

Shakespeare, William on action   

"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 on action   

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

Shakespeare, William on action   

"Action is eloquence."

Shakespeare, William on action
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"Doing is a quantum leap from imagining. Thinking about swimming isn't much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the water can take your breath away. The defense force inside of us wants us to be cautious, to stay away from anything as intense as a new kind of action. Its job is to protect us, and it categorically avoids anything resembling danger. But it's often wrong. Anything worth doing is worth doing too soon."

Sher, Barbara on action