71 Action Quotes and Sayings
In this post, you will find amazing action quotes and sayings.
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Short Action Sayings
“Action expresses priorities.” —Mahatma Gandhi
“Actions speak louder than words.” —Abraham Lincoln
“Action is the antidote to despair.” —Joan Baez
“Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success.” —Shiv Khera
“To cure fear, you must take action. Action cures fear.” —Martin Dasko
“The future depends on what you do today.” —Mahatma Gandhi
“Doing nothing gets you nothing.” —Sean Reichle
“Never confuse movement with action.” —Ernest Hemingway
“In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.” —Dalai Lama
“The path to success is to take massive, determined actions.” —Tony Robbins
“Action is the real measure of intelligence.” —Napoleon Hill
“Ideas without action are worthless.” —Harvey Mackay
“Always do more than is required of you.” —George S. Patton
“The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.” —Herbert Spencer
“Let your performance do the thinking.” —Charlotte Brontë
“You are only as beautiful as your last action.” —Stephen Richards
“Mercy is not just a feeling. It is love in action.” —Rick Warren
“Never confuse Motion with Action.” —Benjamin Franklin
“The first step binds one to the second.” —French Proverb
“All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.” —Unknown
“Words are from the lips, actions are from the heart.” —Rashida Costa
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” —Mahatma Gandhi
“I never worry about action, but only inaction.” —Winston Churchill
“A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement.” —Bo Bennett
“People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do.” —Lewis Cass
“The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.” —Richard L. Evans
“Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.” —Edward Abbey
“Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.” —Baltasar Gracian
“The key to success is action, and the essential in action is perseverance.” —Sun Yat-sen
“Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.” —Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” —Zig Ziglar
Action Sayings
“Do not be like the cat who wanted a fish but was afraid to get his paws wet.” —William Shakespeare
“Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” —Thomas Jefferson
“Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.” —Napoléon Bonaparte
“We all find ourselves in situations that at times seem hopeless. And, we all have the choice to do nothing or take action.” —Catherine Pulsifer
“Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.” —William James
“An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied.” —Arnold Glasow
“No action, no change. Limited action, limited change. Lots of action change occurs.” —Catherine Pulsifer
“If I take action, I’m at least more likely to succeed than if I stay stranded in my comfort zone.” —Jeff Kooz
“Dreams don’t work unless you take action. The surest way to make your dreams come true is to live them.” —Roy T. Bennett
“Don’t be afraid to take a big step. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps.” —David Lloyd George
“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.” —Unknown
“Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear.” —Norman Vincent Peale
“Every little word we say to someone, affects them and their actions. And in turn, that someone will affect another; and so forth and so forth.” —Unknown
“All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.” —Aristotle
“The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.” —Confucius
“The noblest deeds are well enough set forth in simple language; emphasis spoils them.” —Jean de La Bruyére
“An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied.” —Arnold Glasow
“It isn’t confidence that comes first, but taking action. Confidence follows action.” —Scott Allan
“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.” —Kahlil Gibran
“When the actions becomes frequent than the words, success becomes heavier than the dreams. Do more, say less.” —Israelmore Ayivor
“The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts.” —Booker T. Washington
“Only we can take the action that will create the transformation we seek.” —Kristen Moeller
“Failure is what many people fear so much that they don’t even take action.” —Vic Johnson
“People will always have opinions about your decision because they’re not courageous enough to take action on their opinion.” —Steve Maraboli
“I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.” —Gilbert K. Chesterton
“Remember, a real decision is measured by the fact that you’ve taken new action. If there’s no action, you haven’t truly decided.” —Anthony Robbins
“Stay focused and don’t allow distractions to fill your mind or derail you from taking continued action.” —Byron Pulsifer
“In the end, people should be judged by their actions, since in the end, it was actions that defined everyone.” —Nicholas Sparks
“For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.” —Henri Frederic Amiel
Top Ten Action Sayings
Here you will find top ten action sayings selected by our team.
- “Action is the real measure of intelligence.” —Napoleon Hill
- “Actions speak louder than words.” —Abraham Lincoln
- “No action, no change. Limited action, limited change. Lots of action change occurs.” —Catherine Pulsifer
- “Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.” —Napoléon Bonaparte
- “In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.” —Dalai Lama
- “Dreams don’t work unless you take action. The surest way to make your dreams come true is to live them.” —Roy T. Bennett
- “Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” —Thomas Jefferson
- “It isn’t confidence that comes first, but taking action. Confidence follows action.” —Scott Allan
- “A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement.” —Bo Bennett
- “The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.” —Confucius
