Human beings thrive on action. Stagnation does not wear well with us. We are said to have our origins as hunter-gatherers. We run and we chase. We are problem-solvers. We must be continuously tested and we continuously test ourselves. And it will not end until our lives end because of life itself. – Art Buchwald
The more action you take, the more progress you make.
Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind. – Scott Fitzgerald
You don’t have to be faster than the bear, you just have to be faster than the slowest guy running away from the bear. – Unknown
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. – Edmund Burke
For all sad words of tongue and pen,
The saddest are these,
‘It might have been’.
– John Greenleaf Whittier
To become successful you must be a person of action. Merely to “know” is not sufficient. It is necessary both to know and do. – Napoleon Hill
I will be a man among men; and no longer a dreamer among shadows. – Henry W. Longfellow
An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied. – Arnold H. Glasgow
It is well to think well; it is divine to act well. – Horace Mann
We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action. – Frank Tibolt
Let him that would move the world first move himself. – Socrates
We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once. – Calvin Coolidge
It is well to think well, it is divine to act well. – Horace Mann
Don’t ask for instructions if you can’t follow directions. – Randall D. Worley
He that waits upon fortune is never sure of a dinner. – Benjamin Franklin
You can never do more than your duty and you should never wish to do less. – Robert E. Lee
Complacency is a continuous struggle that we all have to fight. – Jack Nicklaus
Nature takes away any faculty that is not used. – William R. Inge
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. – Margaret Mead
Don’t find fault. Find a remedy. – Henry Ford
The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps – we must step up the stairs. – Vance Havner
We need to give ourselves permission to act out our dreams and visions, not look for more sensations, more phenomena, but live our strongest dreams – even if it takes a lifetime. – Vijali Hamilton
Action is the antidote to despair. – Joan Baez
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on man unless they act. – G.K. Chesterton
All know the way; few actually walk it. – Bodhidharma
Don’t stand shivering upon the banks; plunge in at once and have it over with. – Sam Slick
Few wishes come true by themselves. – Unknown
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. – Epictetus
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle. – Kahlil Gibran
You’ll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. – Irish Proverb
Action is the antidote to despair. – Joan Baez
If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it. – Lucy Larcom
Everything comes to he who hustles while he waits. – Thomas Edison
People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do. – Lewis Cass
For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward. – Jim Rohn
For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: “It might have been!” – John Whittier
Goals are dreams we convert to plans and take action to fulfill. – Zig Ziglar
The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing. – Albert Einstein
I find the great thing in this world is, not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There are two methods of human activity – and according to which one of these two kinds of activity people mainly follow, are there two kinds of people: One use their reason to learn what is good and what is bad and they act according to this knowledge; the other act as they want to and then they use their reason to prove that that which they did was good and that which they didn’t do was bad. – Leo Tolstoi
When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. – Ruskin
An athlete was never made by mere instruction. No soldier was ever trained by the mere study of his manual, but by practicing his drill. – Outlook
We shall meanly lose or nobly save the last hope on earth. – Abraham Lincoln
I swore never to be silent whenever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. – Elie Wiesel
To mobilize yourself, decide what you want, determine what will get you what you want, then act – do what will get you what you want most to achieve. – Nibo Qubein
It is well to think well; it is Divine to act well. – Horace Mann
Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don’t just stand there, make it happen. – Lee Iacocca
If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. – Chinese Proverb
Nothing preaches better than the act. – Benjamin Franklin
One day, today, is worth two tomorrows. – Ben Franklin
Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing and dream while others are wishing. – William Ward
Successful leaders have the courage to take action while others hesitate. – John Maxwell
Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do which must be done, whether you like it or not. Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance, self-control, diligence, strength of will, content, and a hundred other virtues which the idle never know. – Charles Kingsley
The common conception is that motivation leads to action, but the reverse is true–action precedes motivation. – Robert McKain
I think there is something more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren’t enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision. – W. Clement Stone
Life loves the liver of it. – More Maya Angelou Quotes
You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life. – Les Brown
A plan is a list of actions arranged in whatever sequence is thought likely to achieve an objective. – John Argenti
I find the great thing in this world is, not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. – Goethe
I will be a man among men; and no longer a dreamer among shadows. Henceforth be mine a life of action and reality! I will work in my own sphere, nor wish it other than it is. This alone is health and happiness. – Henry W. Longfellow
As the plant springs from, and could not be without, the seed, so every act of man springs from the hidden seeds of thought, and could not have appeared without them. This applies equally to those acts called “spontaneous” and “unpremeditated” as to those which are deliberately executed. – James Allen, As a Man Thinketh
All in their life-time carve their own soul’s statue. – Thomas Buchanan Read
We could hardly wait to get up in the morning. – Wilbur Wright
The fool with all his other thoughts, has this also; he is always getting ready to live. – Epicurus
When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. – Ruskin
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act. – G.K. Chesterton
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. – Chinese Proverb
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor. – Henry David Thoreau
I will be a man among men; and no longer a dreamer among shadows. Henceforth be mine a life of action and reality! I will work in my own sphere, nor wish it other than it is. This alone is health and happiness. – Henry W. Longfellow
I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. – Thomas Jefferson
Ideas are funny little things. They don’t work unless you do. – Unknown
If not you, then who? If not now, then when? – Hillel
If there’s a way to do it better – find it. – Thomas A. Edison
If you do the things you need to do when you need to do them, then someday you can do the things you want to do when you want to do them. – Zig Ziglar
All glory comes from daring to begin. – Eugene F. Ware
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