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Action Quotes

Action Quotes That Motivate You to Make Things Happen

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The American President, Herbert Hoover, had once stated, "Words without actions are the assassins of idealism." The action quotes on this page urge you to spurn idleness, and make things happen. Sitting around and daydreaming does not achieve anything. So read some action quotes and make the changes that you wish to see.

George S. Patton
A good plan implemented today is better than a perfect plan implemented tomorrow.

Lao Tsu
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

Rosalynn Carter
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.

Kahlil Gibran
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

Mahatma Gandhi
A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.

Baltasar Gracian
A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.

Turkish proverb
Abundance is from activity.

Immanuel Kant
Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a be general natural law.

William James
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

Greek proverb
Act quickly, think slowly.

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