New action quotes added 01 January, 2012
You can only do what ONLY YOU can do. Do that. The universe will configure around your very best efforts. Willingly.
Danielle LaPorte
Let us move on, and step out boldly, though it be into the night, and we can scarcely see the way.
Charles B Newcomb
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
Helen Keller
There is nothing I have to do, nowhere I have to go, and no way I have to be except exactly the way I am being right now.
Neale Donald Walsch
Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
Mother Teresa (1910-1997) Albanian Missionary
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
Epictetus
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it!
Jonathan Winters
It doesn’t have to be perfect, it just has to get done.
Denise Linn
It is good to dream, but it is better to dream and work. Faith is mighty, but action with faith is mightier.
Thomas Robert Gaines
Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.
James Levin
Why settle in one spot, decay and rot, in the name of putting down roots? We're not trees. Humans have legs that are made for walking.
Annie Zalezsak
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
Jack London
Morpheus: There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.
from the film, The Matrix
All motion is cyclic. It circulates to the limits of its possibilities and then returns to its starting point.
Robert Collier
Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except for what you’re going to do right now and do it.
William Durant
Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.
Harold S Geneen
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
Epictetus (55-135 AD) Greek Philosopher
Life leaps like a geyser for those willing to drill through the rock of inertia.
Alexis Carrel
There are those that say, if you do the uncomfortable thing long enough, it will become comfortable. But we are really not encouragers of that. We are encouragers of coming into alignment, and then taking the action. We are encouragers always of getting rid of the fear; we would never want you to keep doing things that you feel fearful about. And maybe the path of least resistance is just not get on the horse. Maybe the path of least resistance is to get on a different horse – but we would never move forward in fear.
Abraham-Hicks, from the workshop in Billings, MT on Saturday, June 21, 2003
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.
Leonardo Da Vinci
Dance is bigger than the physical body. When you extend your arm, it doesn't stop at the end of your fingers, because you’re dancing bigger than that; you're dancing spirit.
Judith Jamison
Replace frantic action with quiet seeing. Society is like a maniac wildly driving a truck with his eyes closed. Look at all the human wrecks! Look at all the sorrow! Let this remind you to slow down your life to where you can ask, 'Where am I going and why?' Never mind the reckless drivers who want only fast thrills and self-glory. You were called to make a marvelous discovery. Quietly see that you have a True Treasure to find.
The Daily Guru
There is a spiritual godliness that drifts naturally through the affairs of man, but it is visible only if actions are undertaken and performed with that godliness in mind.
from The Trick to Money Is Having Some!, by Stuart Wilde
Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.
Joel A Barker, American Businessman, Consultant & Author of Paradigms: The Business of Discovering the Future
Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can be aroused by two things: first, an idea which takes the imagination by storm; and second, a definite, intelligible plan for carrying that idea into action.
Arnold Toynbee (1889-1975), author of Change And Habit
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
Henry Ford (1863-1947) American Industrialist, author of My Life and Work 1922
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 (1898-1993) pastor, speaker and author of Six Attitudes for Winners (Pocket Guides) , The Power of Positive Thinking , and many others. See 3 book compilation by Norman Vincent Peale: Three Complete Books: The Power of Positive Thinking; The Positive Principle Today; Enthusiasm Makes the Difference . and other works by Norman Vincent Peale
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcomings, who knows the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows in the end the high achievement of triumph and who, at worst, if he fails while daring greatly, knows his place shall never be with those timid and cold souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) 26th US President. Read about him in Theodore Roosevelt: The Rough Riders/An Autobiography (Library of America) and The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Modern Library Paperbacks) .
Let him that would move the world, first move himself.
Socrates (469-399BC) Greek philosopher. See Conversations of Socrates (Penguin Classics) . and other works about Socrates
Men may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do.
Lewis Cass (1782-1866) American politician
The worst thing that one can do is not try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized – and never knowing.
David Viscott, American author, speaker and trainer. See Finding Your Strength in Difficult Times .
The smallest good deed is better than the grandest good intention.
Duguet
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
Dietrich Bonhoffer (1906-1945)
If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking.
Buddhist proverb (see other Buddhist proverbs)
Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the past.
Tyron Edwards
There’s no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love. There is only a scarcity of resolve to make it happen.
Wayne Dyer, author of The Secrets of the Power of Intention: Live Lecture (6-CD Set) (see other works from Wayne Dyer)
Dreaming is wonderful, goal setting is crucial, but action is supreme. To make something great happen you must get busy and make it happen. Take that action step today that will put you on your path to achievement.
Greg Werner, strength and conditioning coach
Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.
Joel A Barker, American businessman, consultant and author of Paradigms: Business of Discovering the Future
The value of action is that we make mistakes; mistakes show us what we need to learn.
Peter McWilliams, author of Do It! Let's Get Off Our Buts (see other works by Peter McWilliams)
Don’t let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.
Earl Nightingale
There is a time to let things happen and a time to make things happen.
Hugh Prather
Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must first be overcome.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English Author
Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
Martin Luther King Jr (see works about Martin Luther King)
The truth is… everything counts. Everything. Everything we do and everything we say. Everything helps or hurts; everything adds to or takes away from someone else.
Countee Cullen
It is better to wear out one’s shoes than one’s sheets.
Genoese Proverb
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