Quotes About Action
- ...focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it. Greg Anderson
- A few dozen act while millions stand impotent. --John Fowles
- A great deal of talent is lost in the world for want of a little courage…The fact is that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can. Sydney Smith
- A lot of church members who are singing "Standing on the Promises" are just sitting on the premises.
- A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day, he can sleep at night and do it again the next day. Albert Schweitzer
- A ship in a safe harbor is safe, but that is not what a ship is built for. William Shedd
- Act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done by hesitation. Thomas Henry Huxley
- Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action. Benjamin Disraeli
- Action on the move creates its own route, creates to a very great extent the conditions under which it is to be fulfilled and thus baffles all calculation. Henri Bergson
- All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous, unpremeditated act without the benefit of experience. Henry Miller
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. --Aristotle
- Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. --MARK TWAIN
- And there's a lust in man no charm can tame, Of loudly publishing our neighbor's shame; On eagles' wings immortal scandals fly, While virtuous actions are but born and die. Stephen Harvey
- As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. --ANDREW CARNEGIE
- Chance favors those in motion. James H. Austin
- Christian action should be defined as an action of God mediated through a person. ARCHBISHOP ANTHONY BLOOM (1914– )
- Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised. --J.R.R. TOLKIEN
- Develop your willpower so that you can make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not. Brian Tracy (Your Achievement Ezine - Issue No. 153)
- Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking. W.B. Yeats
- Do real and permanent good in this world. --Andrew Carnegie
- Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. –THEODORE ROOSEVELT
- Do what you love, love what you do, and deliver more than you promise. Harvey Mackay
- Don't wait for mentors to seek you out. Don't ever wait for your phone calls to be returned, your letters to be answered, your faxes to be responded to. Keep going out and asking questions. Denis Waitley
- Don't wait for your "ship to come in" and feel angry and cheated when it doesn't. Get going with something small. Irene Kassorla
- Each of us must do massive right thinking, take massive right action and get massive right results, right here, right now. Mark Victor Hansen
- Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. Will Rogers
- Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. --WILL ROGERS
- Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action. Peter Drucker
- For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been'. John Greenleaf Whittier
- Get Real is about you and the things you do and the things you think about. Jeffrey Gitomer
- I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- If you wait for inspiration you'll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street. Ben Nicholas
- In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing. --THEODORE ROOSEVELT
- Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action. Brendan Francis
- It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are. If you don't use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem. Coretta Scott King
- It is not always what we know or analyzed before we make a decision that makes it a great decision. It is what we do after we make the decision to implement and execute it that makes it a good decision. William Pollard
- It is not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, "What are we busy about"? Henry David Thoreau
- It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about? --Henry David Thoreau
- It's a strange thing, you have said it thousands of times I am sure...you will never know what you can do until you try. However, the sad truth is, that most people never try anything until they know they can do it. Bob Proctor
- It's the little things you do that can make a big difference. What are you attempting to accomplish? What little thing can you do today that will make you more effective? You are probably only one step away from greatness. Bob Proctor
- Knowledge might be power, but only when you take action. Richard Keeves
- Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving. --ALBERT EINSTEIN
- Luck is the by-product of busting your fanny. Don Sutton
- Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. --William James
- Now is the only time there is. Make your now wow, your minutes miracles, and your days pay. Your life will have been magnificently lived and invested, and when you die you will have made a difference. Mark Victor Hansen
- Once someone loses belief in his ability to achieve something, he loses the drive to attempt it.
- One that would have the fruit must climb the tree Thomas Fuller
- People who want to retire so they can sit under a coconut tree watching the grass grow baffle me. We were created for meaningful work, and one of life's greatest pleasures is the satisfaction of a job well done. John Maxwell
- So what do we do? Anything - something. So long as we don't just sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late. Lee Iacocca Former Chairman of Chrysler Corporation
- Sometimes you have to take the leap, and build your wings on the way down. Kobi Yamada
- Stop rationalizing, stop stewing. Get up out of your chair and start doing. Denis Waitley
- Stop stewing and start doing! Denis Waitley
- Success is dependent upon the glands--sweat glands. Zig Ziglar
- Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, & try another. But by all means, try something. Franklin D Roosevelt
- Take action every day - some small dose at a time. Jeffrey Gitomer
- Taking the easy way out can often lead to results that are not so easy to handle. Doing nothing is easy to justify and easy to implement, but in the long run it ends up being a difficult, burdensome way to live.
- The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can. Richard Cushing
- The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch. Jim Rohn
- The finest eloquence is that which gets things done. David Lloyd George
- The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. Amelia Earhart
- The most drastic and usually the most effective remedy for fear is direct action. William Burnham
- The only person who never makes mistakes is the person who never does anything. Denis Waitley
- The path to success is to take massive, determined action. Anthony Robbins
- The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure thing boat never gets far from shore. Dale Carnegie
- The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. Chinese proverb
- The shortest answer is doing the thing. --Ernest Hemingway
- The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it. Norman Schwarzkopf
- There never was a winner, who wasn't a beginner. Denis Waitley
- There should be balance in all our actions; to be either extreme or lukewarm is equally bad. Hazrat Inayat Khan
- To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say. Rene Descartes
- Today is your day, your mountain is waiting, so get on your way. Dr. Seuss
- Watch your thoughts, for they will become actions. Watch your actions, for they'll become... habits. Watch your habits for they will forge your character. Watch your character, for it will make your destiny. --MARGARET THATCHER
- What we think or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do. John Ruskin
- Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible. --DORIS LESSING
- When the heart is right, the feet are swift. THOMAS JEFFERSON (1743–1826)
- Where belief is painful, we are slow to believe. Ovid
- Without constant activity, the threats of life will soon overwhelm the values. Jim Rohn
- You cannot change anything in your life with intention alone, which can become a watered-down, occasional hope that you'll get to tomorrow. Intention without action is useless. Caroline Myss
- You miss 100% of the shots you never take. Wayne Gretsky
- You must do the thing you think you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt
- You must learn to translate wisdom and strong feelings into labor. Jim Rohn
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Success Requires Action = Application is an everyday essential for your personal growth. No matter how much you learn, reflect, write, or share, nothing happens without action. When you take action, you build traction, and attract people, places, things, opportunities, and resources that will help you succeed.
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Don’t wait—take action today = In his new book From Drift to Drive, Chris talks about the power of action—when direction meets discipline. Growth comes from taking consistent, committed action, even if it’s not perfect. Too often, people wait for clarity or courage. Don’t wait—take action today.There is No Success Without Action
Success Requires Action = Application is an everyday essential for your personal growth. No matter how much you learn, reflect, write, or share, nothing happens without action. When you take action, you build traction, and attract people, places, things, opportunities, and resources that will help you succeed.
The Slightest Action is Worth More Than Every Last Word
Be Leaders Of Action = Action makes things happen. It is getting up and acting on what you believe, not relying on feelings, sentiments, or words. Isaiah 41 says, “they that wait upon the lord shall renew their strength.” But it is important to understand that waiting doesn’t always mean to sit still … At a restaurant a waiter waits on the tables, but is very active. Waiting on the lord means to be active and busy as you allow God to work in your life. Our waiting today needs to be active service.
Take What You Have and Do Something With It
Activate Powerful, Positive Change = Inside a leader there is a propensity to do something, a passion to make something happen. Take what you have, and do something with it. To the person who has been given much, much is required. This means we need to activate and make the world a better place because everyone deserves to be led well.
Today’s Actions Lead to Tomorrow’s Results
Today’s Intentions Link To Tomorrow’s Successes = Our actions today link to our results tomorrow, and our results tomorrow link to our actions the next day. If you want results tomorrow, realize the link to today’s action. If you want results next year, realize the intentionality needed today. We are better because of links. What will your link be today for a better tomorrow?
The Greatest Success in Communication is Action - THE LAW OF RESULTS
Take Action! - The greatest success in communication is action. Good communicators want the audience to apply and multiply. They add value to leaders who multiply value in others. Have a plan for growth and take action. You need to take action in order to gain traction to move forward.
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Act Your Way Into Greatness = Is there something you've been holding off on, but know you need to do? The more you wait, the longer it will take to happen. Great things will happen as soon as you take action.
Don't be a Benchwarmer
Don't be a Benchwarmer = There is no better time than now. Don't wait for life to pass you by, take action today! In order to make something happen, you must act on it.
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James 1:15 NLT - 15 These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it gives birth to death.
James 2:14, 21-22, 25 NLT - 14 What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don't show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone? ... 21 Don't you remember that our ancestor Abraham was shown to be right with God by his actions when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see, his faith and his actions worked together. His actions made his faith complete. ... 25 Rahab the prostitute is another example. She was shown to be right with God by her actions when she hid those messengers and sent them safely away by a different road.
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