Action Quotes

"The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day."

Gloria Steinem

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."

"Nothing will work unless you do."

"Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things."

Ray Bradbury

"Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind."

"Do the thing, and you shall have the power."

"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can."

Arthur Ashe

"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."

"Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today."

"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."

"Opportunities multiply as they are seized."

"Heaven never helps the man who will not act."

Sophocles

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."

"Don't wait. The time will never be just right."

"Produce! Produce! Were it but the pitifullest infinitesimal fraction of a product, produce it, in God's name!"

Thomas Carlyle

"Gratitude begins in our hearts and then dovetails into behavior."

Anne Lamott

"An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching."

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

Mother Teresa

"Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor."

H. Jackson Brown Jr.

"What you do today can improve all your tomorrows."

Ralph Marston

"Done is better than perfect."

Sheryl Sandberg

"Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it."

"Great people do things before they're ready."

Amy Poehler

"The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up."

Paul Valéry

"Be active! Take on responsibility! Work for the things you believe in. If you do not, you are surrendering your fate to others."