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50 quotes about taking action

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Well begun is half done. Aristotle
Never confuse motion with action. Benjamin Franklin
Action is the antidote to despair. Joan Baez
Well done is better than well said. Benjamin Franklin
Let your performance do the thinking. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
The first step binds one to the second. French Proverb
Always do more than is required of you. George S. Patton
Nothing happens untill something moves. Albert Einstein
Victory belongs to the most persevering. Napolean Bonaparte
You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. Wayne Gretzky
I never worry about action, but only inaction. Winston Churchill
Nature takes away any faculty that is not used. William R. Inge
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. Sally Berger
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one. Wayne Dyer
Be content to act, and leave the talking to others. Baltasar Gracian
God provides the wind, but man must raise the sails. St. Augustine
If you wait, all that happens is that you get older. Mario Andretti
Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned. Peter Marshall
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Lao Tzu
Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought. Henri L. Bergson
You’ll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind. Irish Proverb
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say. Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you don’t make things happen then things will happen to you. Anonymous
Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream. Oscar Wilde
People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do. Lewis Cass
Do the thing you are afraid to do and the death of fear is certain. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions. Confucius
All problems become smaller if you don’t dodge them but confront them. William F. Halsey
You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great. Joe Sabah
Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia. Alexis Carrel
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle
Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do. Thomas Carlyle
Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission. Zig Ziglar
You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety. Abraham Maslow
We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts. Harold Nicolson
The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology. Red Auerbach
Preach! Write! Act! Do any thing, save to lie down and die! Nathaniel Hawthorne
Don’t be afraid to take a big step. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps. David Lloyd George
For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, ‘It might have been’. John Greenleaf Whittier
Action may not always bring happiness … but there is no happiness without action. Benjamin Disraeli
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what people say. I just watch what they do. Andrew Carnegie
Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. Warren Buffett
The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action. Confucius
A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer’s need. Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement. Alfred Adler
Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it. Mahatma Gandhi
The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn’t like to do. Thomas Alva Edison
Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action. Brendan Francis
It is easy to sit up and take notice. What is difficult is getting up and taking action. Al Batt
An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied. Arnold Glasow

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