Action Quotes

Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action.
Mother Teresa

Love, Home, Put

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
Thomas Jefferson

Act, Ask, Define

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
Confucius

Cannot, Goals, Obvious

We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Alive, Bring, Tension

Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
Albert Einstein

Human, Find, Cannot

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.
Thomas Jefferson

Law, Liberty, Others

Action is the foundational key to all success.
Pablo Picasso

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
Mark Twain

Words, Often, Speaks

It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.
Zig Ziglar

Character, Through, Discipline

In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.
Dalai Lama

Positive, Here, Vision

Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress.
Bruce Barton

Change, Hope, Fear

A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.
Tony Robbins

Real, Decision, Fact

Never do today what you can do tomorrow. Something may occur to make you regret your premature action.
Aaron Burr

Today, Tomorrow, May

Action expresses priorities.
Mahatma Gandhi

Priorities, Expresses

Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.
Dale Evans

Love, Time, Christmas

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

Great, Fear, Successful

I never worry about action, but only inaction.
Winston Churchill

Worry, Inaction

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
Benjamin Disraeli

Happiness, May, Bring

There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
John F. Kennedy

Long, Far, Less

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
Dale Carnegie

Home, Courage, Fear

Action is the real measure of intelligence.
Napoleon Hill

What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god.
William Shakespeare

Work, God, Moving

Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.
Mahatma Gandhi

Woman, Old, Prayer

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
William Shakespeare

Short, Seem, Pleasure

Effective action is always unjust.
Maya Angelou

Effective, Unjust

To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
Bruce Lee

Person, Study, Another

Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.
Mahatma Gandhi

Human, Thought, Less

Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.
William Shakespeare

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Worth, Theory, Ounce

Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?
Tony Robbins

Life, Love, Success

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