Quotes about action

"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 on action   

"Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night's repose."

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth on action   

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth on action   

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

Lord, Shirley on action
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"If you act like you know what you're doing, you can do anything you want -- except neurosurgery."

Lowenstein, John on action   

"As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears."

Lu Xun on action   

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

Macdonald, George on action   

"Existence was given us for action. Our worth is determined by the good deed we do, rather than by the fine emotions we feel,"

Magnin, Edgar F. on action   

"If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you."

Maharshi, Ramana on action   

"Between eighteen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with money, but with actions. Most men buy nothing."

Malraux, Andre on action   

"Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk -- and to act."

Maltz, Maxwell on action
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"Let your actions always speak for you, but be forever on guard against the terrible traps of false pride and conceit that can halt your progress. The next time you are tempted to boast, just place your fist in a full pail of water, and when you remove it, the hole remaining will give you a correct measure of your importance."

Mandino, Og on action
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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 on action
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"I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts."

Mann, Horace on action
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"Begin where you are; work where you are; the hour which you are now wasting, dreaming of some far off success may be crowded with grand possibilities."

Marden, Orison Swett on action   

"Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen."

Marshall, Peter on action
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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. on action
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"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as courses, and they come back to us as effects."

Melville, Herman on action   

"I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs."

Mencken, H. L. on action
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"Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things."

Milne, A. A. on action   

"You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say."

Mitchell, John N. on action   

"You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree."

Morgan, John Pierpont on action   

"There should be less talk; a preaching point is not a meeting point. What do you do then? Take a broom and clean someone's house. That says enough."

Mother Teresa on action   

"Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person."

Mother Teresa on action
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"Let us be tried by our actions."

Motto on action   

"It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy."

Murphy, Dr. Howard on action
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"This body, full of faults, has yet one great quality: Whatever it encounters in this temporal life depends upon one's actions."

Nagarjuna, Siddha on action   

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal on action   

"Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends."

Nehru, Jawaharlal on action   

"He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying."

Nietzsche, Friedrich on action   

"Just do it."

Nike Corporation on action   

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."

Nin, Anais on action
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"Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They must be woven together."

Nin, Anais on action   

"It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it."

Nin, Anais on action
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"Good things happen to those who hustle."

Noll, Chuck on action
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"Let your hook always be cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be a fish."

Ovid on action   

"Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward."

Ovid on action   

"The odds of hitting your target go up dramatically when you aim at it."

Pancoast, Mal on action   

"Act like you expect to get into the end zone."

Paterno, Joe on action   

"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 on action