Powerful Words of Inspiration: Action Quotes and Sayings

The life you live is more important than the words you speak.

A wise man’s actions speak for himself.

One does what one is; one becomes what one does.
– Robert Musil

Your words mean nothing when your actions are the complete opposite.

To get anywhere you must first start somewhere.

Always Remember to take your Vitamins: Take your Vitamin A for ACTION, Vitamin B for Belief, Vitamin C for Confidence ,Vitamin D for Discipline, Vitamin E for Enthusiasm!!
– Pablo

Action does not guarantee success, but you will definitely lose the chance to be successful if you do not act.
– Dr T.P.Chia

I trusted you, but now your words mean nothing because your actions spoke the truth.

How to stay poor:
Start tomorrow.
Fail once, quit forever.
Blame your circumstances.
Wait for perfect conditions.
Stay busy. Accomplish nothing.
Talk more. Do less.
– Alex Hormozi

Lion’s don’t dream of hunting, they just go and hunt.

People may doubt what you say but they always believe what you do.

If you want something in your life you’ve never had, you’ll have to do something, you’ve never done.

Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.
– Napoleon Hill

To think is to act, to change and to advance in life.
– Dr T.P.Chia

If you wait for perfect conditions, you’ll never get anything done.

People who are in the habit of enjoying the comfort of inaction often pay a high price in the end.
– Dr T.P.Chia

You cannot control the results, only your actions.
– Allan Lokos

Action makes a great statement about the character of a person.
– Dr T.P.Chia

Stop wishing start doing.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
– Walt Disney

Actions always prove why words means nothing.

Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
– St. Francis Of Assisi

You cannot always wait for the perfect time, sometimes you must dare to jump.

Action is the foundational key to all success.
– Pablo Picasso

Don’t sit like a rock work like a clock.

Don’t waste a perfectly good opportunity; do it, before you can’t.

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

Everything that exists in your life, does so because of two things: something you did or something you didn’t do.
– Albert Einstein

Vision without action is only a dream, action without vision it a waste of time, but with vision and action we can change the world.

Action has the magical power of turning dreams into reality.
– Dr T.P.Chia

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.
– Napoleon Bonaparte

Waiting for the right time to do something you know you need to do is seductive. About 99% of the time, waiting only makes things harder.
– Shane Parrish

Don’t use your past as an excuse, excuse your excuses and take action now!!!
– Bernard Kelvin Clive

The ancestor of every action is a thought.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Without dreams, there can be no courage. And without courage, there can be no action.
– Wim Wenders

Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff. Don’t just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won’t happen. Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you’ll love it up here.
– Donald Trump

We can’t control time, but we can control what we do with it, so make it count, don’t be a “Talker” be a “Doer” at the end of your life your “Action” will speak louder than your “Words”.

The day you decide to do it is your lucky day.
– Japanese Proverb

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

Thoughts lead on to purposes;
Purposes go forth in action;
Actions form habits;
Habits decide character;
And character fixes our destiny.

Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.
– Napoleon Hill

Concern should drive us into action and not into depression.

Words have no value unless actions are taken.

Your future is best served by your thoughts and actions.
– Dr T.P.Chia

It is not our character but our own actions that determines the outcome of things.

To be wise is to do more thinking and less talking.
– Dr T.P.Chia

People may doubt what you say but they will always believe what you do.

Some people use words to reflect who they want to be, but actions always show who they really are.

Inaction is the enemy of progress, the only way to make things happen is to take action.

Do I need to spend more time searching for better information or do I need to spend more time acting on the information I already have? Is the bottleneck strategy or execution?
– James Clear

If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.

Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.
– Bruce Lee

Thinking or planning without action is worthless or useless.
– Dr T.P.Chia

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
– Mahatma Gandhi

Action is the father of success or failure, happiness or misery.
– Dr T.P.Chia

Action without thinking is worthless.
– Dr T.P.Chia

When we are sleeping, our brains and hearts are still acting and moving through dreaming and breathing.
– Dr T.P.Chia

When we pass away, we totally stop acting and moving. Our actions and movements are our lives.
– Dr T.P.Chia

It is smart to act when action is needed. It is foolish to act when action is not necessary.
– Dr T.P.Chia

The more we act and move, the more active and meaningful our lives are.
– Dr T.P.Chia

Patience is also a form of action.
– Auguste Rodin

Those who fail to act when it is necessary to act are often punished.
– Dr T.P.Chia

We act and move not only with our hands, legs and mouths, but also with our brains and hearts.
– Dr T.P.Chia

Action speaks louder than knowledge. Knowledge is inoperative without action.
– Dr T.P.Chia

Rather than starting tomorrow, start today.
– Alex Hormozi

For every action there’s a reaction, always remember that.

“I must do something” always solves more problems than “Something must be done.”

Action is the son of foresight and courage.
– Dr T.P.Chia

An idealist thinks a lot, a pragmatist acts a lot.
– Dr T.P.Chia

After actions and thoughts of anger comes regret.

Stop talking, just do it.

Action is less costly than inaction.
– Dr T.P.Chia

Letting go of your ego opens the door to taking a new and creative course of action.
– Suzanne Mayo Frindt

What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Imagination means nothing without doing.
– Charlie Chaplin

The time for action is now. It’s never too late to do something.
– Antoine de Saint- Exupery

Sometimes no action is better than action.
– Dr T.P.Chia

Thoughts are free, but actions have consequences.

The willingness to show up changes us. It makes us a little braver each time.
– Brene Brown

Think before you act, because you might lose everything.

Action reveals what words conceal.
– Shane Parrish

The easiest way to start is to start small.
– Run 100 meters
– Meditate for one minute
– Write one paragraph
– Skip one dessert
– Read one page
Then challenge yourself to do more. You’ll find that doing something small often motivates you to do more and keep going.
– Mark Manson

Your beliefs don’t make you a better person, your behavior does.

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
– Benjamin Disraeli

Begin somewhere. You cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.
– Liz Smith

Self- defeating action must be stopped before it starts.
– Dr T.P.Chia

People are not impressed by your opinions. They are impressed by your actions.

I say that justice is truth in action.
– Benjamin Disraeli

So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
– Malcolm X

Action is cheaper than regret.
– Shane Parrish

All men of action are dreamers.
– James Huneker

Action is the real measure of intelligence.
– Napoleon Hill

Never confuse movement with action.
– Ernest Hemingway

People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can’t do.
– Edgar Watson Howe

Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives.
– Criss Jami

The path to success is to take massive determined action.
– Tony Robbins

Those who dare to fail often act in the face of difficulties and obstacles.
– Dr T.P.Chia

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

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

Take action despite imperfect conditions.
– Alex Hormozi

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
– William Shakespeare

The secret to getting ahead is getting started.
– Mark Twain

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

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

It is not the size of the action that matters, but the consistency and determination behind it.

The world is changing very fast. Big will not beat small anymore. It will be the fast beating the slow.
– Rupert Murdoch

The key to success is not just having a plan, but taking the necessary action to turn that plan into a reality.

Inaction will cause a man to sink into the slough of despond and vanish without a trace.
– Farley Mowat

Awareness without action is worthless.
– Phil McGraw

The actions you take today determine the circumstances you find yourself in tomorrow.
– Shane Parrish

Don’t just sit by waiting for a miracle to happen. Stand up and do something.

A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
– Henrik Ibsen

The beginning is the most important part of the work.
– Plato

It’s not what you know. It’s what you do consistently.

Actions are the seeds of fate. Deeds grow into destiny.
– Harry S. Truman

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The key to success is waking up and stop dreaming and chase your dreams.

For one to reach greater heights, must first climb up the ladder.

We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.
– Ronald Reagan

A vision without action is called a daydream; but then again, action without a vision is called a nightmare.
– Jim Sorensen

Action always beats intention.

Action expresses priorities.
– Mahatma Gandhi

Don’t listen to their words, fix your attention on their deeds.
– Albert Einstein

Thinkers think and doers do. But until the thinkers do and the doers think, progress will be just another word in the already overburdened vocabulary by sense.
– Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Done is better than perfect.
– Sheryl Sandberg

Action will overcome hesitation.

Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.
– Ben Stein

All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.
– Sai Baba

Action is the bridge between our dreams and reality.

The people who relentlessly focus on the simple obvious actions excel.
– Shane Parrish

With satisfaction comes happiness. And satisfaction is a direct outcome of action.

I would say act like a man of thought and think like a man of action.
– Henri Bergson

All actions must be judged according to the intention.

If everyone waited until they felt “motivated” to do something, we’d never get anything done. Stop looking for motivation. Take action. The motivation will follow.
– Preethi Kasireddy

Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.
– Baltasar Gracian

The greatest power we possess is the power of action, it is through action that we shape our lives and our world.

The only way to turn intentions into results is through decisive action.

Motivation can be minimal if actions are easy. Start small and become the kind of person who shows up every day. Build a new identity. Then increase the intensity.
– James Clear

Never confuse motion with action.
– Benjamin Franklin

You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.
– Rabindranath Tagore

What one does is what counts. Not what one had the intention of doing.
– Pablo Picasso

You can plan, give great thoughts and ideas, but none of those is going to work until you put action to them.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
– Hannah Arendt

There are basically no companies that have good slow decisions. There are only companies that have good fast decisions.
– Larry Page

A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal that is worth achieving.
– Ayn Rand

There are only 3 things that can make your dreams come true: your thoughts, your words, and your actions.
– Mike Dooley

There is only one way to learn. It’s through action. Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.
– Paulo Coelho

There is always a gap between intention and action.
– Paulo Coelho

The difference between a vision and a daydream is the audacity to act.
– Steven Furtick

The greatest obstacle to action is not fear, but indecision.

Effective action is always unjust.
– Maya Angelou

Inaction creates nothing. Action creates success.
– Stephen Richards

If your actions were to boomerang back on you instantly, would you still act the same?
– Alexandra Katehakis

Ideas are meaningless without action to bring them to life.

When you complain yet fail to act, you eventually become of little use to your generation.

Without action, a vision is just a piece of paper. In education, we have lots of paper.
– William Sterrett

Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.
– Jane Addams

There is always reaction for every action.

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
– Charles de Gaulle

In the end, people should be judged by their actions, since in the end, it was actions that defined everyone.
– Nicholas Sparks

Face the bad time with right action.

All the so-called “Secrets of success” will not work unless you do.

You don’t need more advice. You need more action.
– Stijn Noorman

Whatever it is that pulling you back, is not going away unless you stand up and start forging your path in the opposite direction. Stop whining and start moving.
– Shah Rukh Khan

You cannot live without doing something.
– Carlos Slim

Be relentless with activity but patient with results.
– Ron Malhotra

Justice is the truth in action.
– Joseph Joubert

I unconditionally forgive everyone for all hurt that I have ever experienced in the presence of their actions.
– Jonathan Lockwood Huie

You need to know it’s your actions that will make you a good person, not desire.
– Matthew Quick

Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.
– Edwin Hubbell Chapin

Every action is a vote for the type of person you want to become. Your identity is the collection of all votes.
– Stijn Noorman

Your actions are so loud I can hardly hear what you are saying.

Some actions are even baser than the people who commit them.
– Joaquim Maria Machado de Assi

When you are convinced what to do and what you need to do, it’s not hard to do that.
– Carlos Slim

Do not be afraid to do, for everything you will ever do has already been done before.

If one’s actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others.
– Ayn Rand

The soul’s joy lies in doing.
– Percy Bysshe Shelley

The only way to achieve true progress is through consistent and persistent action.

The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology.
– Red Auerbach

The only way to overcome fear is to take action, even if it is small.

The great end of life is not knowledge, but action.

No matter your opinion about what is and isn’t fair, if you’re not getting what you want, then you’re not doing enough.
– Alan Robert Neal

Take time to think but when the opportunity comes stop thinking start acting.

Blaming other people for things that are going wrong guarantees your continued misery.
– Justin Kan

Vision without action is daydreaming, vision with action can change the world.

Action eliminates fear. Headphone up and get sh*t done.
– Tom Bilyeu

One must speak little. In action one must say nothing. The chief is the one who does not speak.
– Charles de Gaulle

The more I thought about human nature, the more I saw how our tragic inclination for sin/mistakes causes us to use our minds to rationalize our action.
– Martin Luther King Jr.

Wishes don’t lead to actions.
– Alan Robert Neal

It’s not what we say that defines our character. It’s what we do.

One good action is better than million of speeches.

My experience in Gujarat shows that howsoever big a problem might be, it is not insurmountable if we have the will to act.
– Narendra Modi

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