Quotes about action

Let us be tried by our actions.

— Motto

It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy.

— Dr. Howard Murphy

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

— Siddha Nagarjuna

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

— Jawaharlal Nehru

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

— Jawaharlal Nehru

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.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Just do it.

— Nike Corporation

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

— Anais Nin

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

— Anais Nin

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.

— Anais Nin

Good things happen to those who hustle.

— Chuck Noll

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

— Ovid

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

— Ovid

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

— Mal Pancoast

Act like you expect to get into the end zone.

— Joe Paterno

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.

— Norman Vincent Peale

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

— H. Ross Perot

Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.

— Pablo Picasso

Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read; and the

— Albert Pike

We have all the light we need, we just need to put it in practice.

— Peace Pilgrim

Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open.

— Arthur Pine

A well begun is half ended.

— Plato

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

— Plutarch

The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.

— Ezra Pound

Either move or be moved.

— Colin Powell

The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.

— Pierre Joseph Proudhon

Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.

— Proverb

Try and trust will move mountains.

— Proverb

When deeds speak, words are nothing.

— African Proverb

The early bird gets the worm.

— American Proverb

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

— American Proverb

From small beginnings come great things.

— American Proverb

Some will, some don't, so what!

— American Proverb

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

— Chinese Proverb

Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself.

— Chinese Proverb

Talk doesn't cook rice.

— Chinese Proverb

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

— Chinese Proverb

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

— Chinese Proverb

To talk goodness is not good... only to do it is.

— Chinese Proverb

Big words seldom accompany good deeds.

— Danish Proverb

If you want a thing done, go. If not, send. The shortest answer is doing.

— English Proverb

As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.

— English Proverb

It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.

— French Proverb

The greatest step is out the door.

— German Proverb

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

— German Proverb

Act quickly, think slowly.

— Greek Proverb

The dog that trots about finds a bone.

— Gypsy Proverb

What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.

— Ibo Proverb

Call on God, but row away from the rocks.

— Indian Proverb

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

— Irish Proverb

Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

— Italian Proverb

He who walks with the lame learns how to limp.

— Latin Proverb

An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.

— Mexican Proverb

He who strikes first, strikes twice.

— Mexican Proverb

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

— Francis Quarles

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand -- and melting like a snowflake.

— Marie Beyon Ray

If you want to get along, go along.

— Sam Rayburn

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

— Mary Caroline Richards

Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.

— Jean Paul Richter

You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth.

— Pat Riley

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

— Anthony Robbins

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.

— Anthony Robbins

Action is the foundational key to all success.

— Anthony Robbins

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.

— Anthony Robbins

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.

— Anthony Robbins

I didn't think; I experimented.

— Wilhelm Roentgen

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

— John Roger

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

— Will Rogers

The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.

— Jim Rohn

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

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

— Theodore Roosevelt

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.

— Richard D. Rosen

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

— Percy Ross

Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.

— Carl Rowan

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

— Antoine De Saint-Exupery

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

— Carl Sandburg

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

— Jean-Paul Sartre

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

— Saunders

He who considers too much will perform little.

— Johann Friedrich Von Schiller

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

— Helmut Schmidt

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

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.

— Robert H. Schuller

You will never win if you never begin.

— Robert H. Schuller

Winning starts with beginning.

— Robert H. Schuller

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

— Robert H. Schuller

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

— Norman Schwarzkopf

The view only changes for the lead dog.

— Sergeant Preston of The Yukon

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

— Joaquin Setanti

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

— William Shakespeare

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

— William Shakespeare

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

— William Shakespeare

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

— William Shakespeare

Action is eloquence.

— William Shakespeare

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.

— Barbara Sher

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

— Barbara Sher

Only the actions of the just smell sweet and blossom in the dust.

— James Shirley

The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.

— Samuel Smiles

Begin somewhere: you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

— Liz Smith