Famous Quotes about Action (437 Quotations)

Between eighteen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with money, but with actions. Most men buy nothing.

Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

Big words seldom accompany good deeds.

Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place.

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. [James 1:22]

But their intervention makes our acts to serve ever less merely the immediate claims of our instincts.

By doing just a little every day, I can gradually let the task completely overwhelm me.

Call on God, but row away from the rocks.

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.

Do every act of your life as if it were your last.

Do it now! can affect every phase of your life. It can help you do the things you should do but don't feel like doing. It can keep you from procrastinating when an unpleasant duty faces you. But it can also help you do those things that you want to do. It helps you seize those precious moments that, if lost, may never be retrieved.

Do it now. Then it's done.

Do it this very moment, Don't put it off, There's no use in doing a kindness, if you do it a day too late.

Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps, If you are not willing to move your feet.

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.

Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.

Do not wait; the time will never be ''just right.'' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.