Action quotes

- Selected Action quotes -

● Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement. Alfred Adler

● Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action. Walter Anderson

● A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. Arabian Proverb

● Action is the antidote to despair. Joan Baez

● When it comes to getting things done, we need fewer architects and more bricklayers. Colleen C. Barrett

● The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible - and achieve it, generation after generation. Pearl S. Buck

● Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. Edmund Burke

● People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do. Lewis Cass

● Arriving at one point is the starting point to another. John Dewey

- ¼ of Action quotes -

● How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. Annie Dillard

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

● I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs. Frederick Douglass

● Skill to do comes of doing. Ralph Waldo Emerson

● First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. Epictetus

● The cosmos is neither moral or immoral; only people are. He who would move the world must first move himself. Edward Ericson

● Don't find fault. Find a remedy. Henry Ford

● To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. Anatole France

● The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems. Mohandas Gandhi

- ½ of Action quotes -

● Take it easy - but take it. Woody Guthrie

● Knowing is not enough; we must apply! Goethe

● All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them but confront them. William F. Halsey

● The shortest answer is doing. Lord Herbert

● To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. Elbert Hubbard

● Action = motion through space having a certain speed. L.Ron Hubbard

● Action will remove the doubts that theory cannot solve. Tehyi Hsieh

● The great end of life is not knowledge but action. Thomas H. Huxley

● Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made by singing: "Oh, how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade. Rudyard Kipling

- ¾ of Action quotes -

● Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned. Peter Marshall

● Success will never be a big step in the future, success is a small step taken just now. Jonatan Mårtensson

● Never doubt that a small, group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead

● "Do-so" is more important than "say-so." Pete Seeger

● A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent in doing nothing. George Bernard Shaw

● We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action. Frank Tibolt

● Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold - but so does a hard-boiled egg. Unknown

● The best way out of a problem is through it. Unknown

● We cannot think first and act afterward. From the moment of birth we are immersed in action, and can only fitfully guide it by taking thought. Alfred North Whitehead