“Action” refers to the process of doing something, typically in response to a situation, need, or goal. It involves carrying out a specific task, making a decision, or initiating a change. Action can encompass a wide range of behaviors, from physical movements to verbal communication to strategic planning. In essence, it’s the manifestation of intention or the implementation of a plan.
Action Quotes
1. “Words may inspire but only action creates change.”
— Simon Sinek
2. “Ideas without action are useless.”
— Helen Keller
3. “Knowledge is NOT power. Knowledge is only POTENTIAL power. Action is power.”
— Tony Robbins
4. “Action will destroy your procrastination.”
— Og Mandino
5. “Never lower your target ; increase your actions.”
— Grant Cardone
6. “Happy people plan actions, they don’t plan results.”
— Denis Waitley
7. “Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.”
— Dale Carnegie
8. “Knowing is not enough! You must take action.”
— Tony Robbins
9. “It isn’t what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.”
— Jane Austen
10. “Your attitude determines your actions, and your actions determine your accomplishment.”
— John C. Maxwell
11. “Motivation is motive in action.”
— Denis Waitley
12. “Successful people are action oriented.”
— Jim Rohn
13. “Attitude drives actions. Actions drive results. Results drive lifestyles.”
— Jim Rohn
14. “Action without planning is the cause of all failure. Action with planning is the cause of all success.”
— Brian Tracy
15. “Passion is the genesis of genius.”
— Tony Robbins
16. “Listen to me. We’re here to make a dent in the universe. Otherwise why even be here?”
— Steve Jobs
17. “Get action. Do things; be sane; don’t fritter away your time; create, act, take a place wherever you are and be somebody; get action.”
— Theodore Roosevelt
18. “Commit to “CAN I!” – Constant And Never-Ending Improvement.”
— Tony Robbins
19. “Setting goals helps bring your future into your present and the present is the only time we can take action.”
— Zig Ziglar
20. “Compassion is an action word with no boundaries.”
— Prince
21. “Winners take imperfect action while losers are still perfecting the plan.”
— Tony Robbins
22. “Do it, and then you will feel motivated to do it.”
— Zig Ziglar
23. “Hoping drains your energy. Action creates energy.”
— Robert T. Kiyosaki
24. “Doubt is only removed by action. If you’re not working then that’s when doubt comes in.”
— Conor McGregor
25. “The most important actions are never comfortable.”
— Tim Ferriss
26. “Your words will tell others what you think. Your actions will tell them what you believe.”
— T.D. Jakes
27. “When every action has a purpose, every action has a result.”
— Greg Plitt
28. “The greatest happiness is to transform one’s feelings into action.”
— Madame de Stael
29. “When your every thought and your every action is directed to your ultimate life goals, you become unstoppable and assured of great success and happiness.”
— Robin S. Sharma
30. “Knowledge is only potential power. It becomes power only when, and if, it is organized into definite plans of action, and directed to a definite end.”
— Napoleon Hill
31. “Action without thought is mindlessness, and thought without action is hypocritical.”
— Ayn Rand
32. “Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity.”
— Abu Bakr
33. “The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”
— Marcus Aurelius
34. “Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and just listen. No more is needed. Being still, looking, and listening activates the non-conceptual intelligence within you. Let stillness direct your words and actions.”
— Eckhart Tolle
35. “You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.”
— Pearl S. Buck
36. “Psychology is action, not thinking about oneself.”
— Albert Camus
37. “Man is nothing else but what he purposes, he exists only in so far as he realizes himself, he is therefore nothing else but the sum of his actions, nothing else but what his life is.”
— Jean-Paul Sartre
38. “Worship is an inward feeling and outward action that reflects the worth of God.”
— John Piper
39. “An action is essentially good if the motive of the agent be good, regardless of the consequences.”
— Immanuel Kant
40. “Name a moral statement or action, uttered or performed by a religious person that could not have been uttered or performed by an unbeliever.”
— Christopher Hitchens
41. “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”
— Martin Luther King Jr.
42. “Done is better than perfect.”
— Sheryl Sandberg
43. “Make it happen now, not tomorrow. Tomorrow is a loser’s excuse.”
— Farrah Gray
44. “The way to get started is to quit talking and start doing.”
— Walt Disney
45. “The secret to getting ahead is getting started.”
— Mark Twain
46. “Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.”
— Bruce Lee
47. “Screw it. Let’s do it.”
— Richard Branson
48. “Action is the foundational key to all success. ”
— Pablo Picasso
49. “Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.”
— Suzy Kassem
50. “Talk is cheap. Show me the code.”
— Linus Torvalds
51. “If not now, when?”
— Eckhart Tolle
52. “It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.”
— Elizabeth Kenny
53. “Opportunities come to pass, not to pause.”
— James Wallace
