Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotations on Action

I will act as if what I do makes a difference.
William James (1842–1910) American Philosopher, Psychologist, Physician

Don’t be a spectator, don’t let life pass you by.
Lou Holtz (1893–1980) American Stage Performer

Don’t find fault. Find a remedy.
Henry Ford (1863–1947) American Businessperson, Engineer

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German Poet

What a wee little part of a person’s life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist

It takes courage to push yourself to places that you have never been before… to test your limits… to break through barriers. And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
Anais Nin (1903–77) French-American Essayist

You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
Louis V. Gerstner Jr. (b.1942) American Businessman

If you can’t, you must. If you must, you can.
Tony Robbins (b.1960) American Self-Help Author, Entrepreneur

You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don’t let yourself indulge in vain wishes.
Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) Bengali Poet, Polymath

Action is the product of the qualities inherent in nature.
The Bhagavad Gita Hindu Scripture

I did not think; I investigated.
Wilhelm Roentgen (1845–1923) German Physicist

Let nothing be done in your life, which will cause you fear if it becomes known to your neighbor.
Epicurus (c.341–270 BCE) Greek Philosopher

In the yogic tradition, this principle of using intense effort to burn through life’s distractions is called Tapas. It’s another Sanskrit word, roughly defined as “heat” or “essential energy”. The concept is that through a disciplined approach to work and self-sacrifice, Tapas will burn away the negativity that separates us from God. By working our hardest and happily enduring the hardships of life we are able to create a sense of peace and clarity in ourselves.
Russell Simmons (b.1957) American Music Promoter

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) American Clergyman, Self-Help Author

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 (1935–2020) American Career Coach

The search for the perfect venture can turn into procrastination. Your idea may or may not have merit. The key is to get started.
Indian Proverb

If a warrior is to succeed at anything, the success must come gently, with a great deal of effort but with no stress or obsession.
Carlos Castaneda (1925–98) Peruvian-born American Anthropologist, Author

He who is surety is never sure himself. Take advice, and never be security for more than you are quite willing to lose. Remember the word of the wise man: “He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; and he that hateth suretyship is sure.”
Charles Spurgeon (1834–92) English Baptist Preacher

From small beginnings come great things.
Common Proverb

I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a great deal about their acts.
Horace Mann (1796–1859) American Educator, Politician, Educationalist

If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don’t do it, and it won’t happen.
Desiderius Erasmus (c.1469–1536) Dutch Humanist, Scholar

Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish Historian, Essayist

A warrior must learn to make every act count, since he is going to be here in this world for only a short while, in fact, too short for witnessing all the marvels of it.
Carlos Castaneda (1925–98) Peruvian-born American Anthropologist, Author

In its knowledges light, we must think and act not only for the moment but for our time. I am reminded of the great French Marshal Lyautey, who once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardener objected that the tree was slow-growing and would not reach maturity for a hundred years. The Marshal replied, In that case, there is no time to lose, plant it this afternoon.
John F. Kennedy (1917–63) American Head of State, Journalist

Some will, some don’t, so what!
U.S. Proverb

The trick to getting things done is to list things to do in doable order.
Robert Brault

We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.
Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–91) Polish-born American Children’s Books Writer, Novelist, Short Story Writer

All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man’s actions.
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born Physicist

The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.
John Dewey (1859–1952) American Philosopher, Psychologist, Educator

I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) American Head of State, Lawyer

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