Action Quotes | Beyond Motive 15/17

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Action Quotes

"I sidestepped the vampire's rush, and drove my half of the former blasting rod down at its back, Buffy-like.Maybe it works better on television."

"I sidestepped the vampire's rush, and drove my half of the former blasting rod down at its back, Buffy-like.Maybe it works better on television."

Jim Butcher, American Author

Action, Combat, Humor, Strength

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"I applaud those who speak, but I admire those who act."

"I applaud those who speak, but I admire those who act."

Steve Maraboli, American Author

Action, Speak, Act, Admire, Respect

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"Whatever you do, foolish or wise, important or unimportant, do with love and enthusiasm."

"Whatever you do, foolish or wise, important or unimportant, do with love and enthusiasm."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Action, Love, Enthusiasm, Life

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"The end is the matter! A step to the end is a factor!"

"The end is the matter! A step to the end is a factor!"

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

Action, End, Matter, Purpose

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"You don't scale a mountain with your mouth, but with your feet."

"You don't scale a mountain with your mouth, but with your feet."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Action, Mountain, Feet

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"If you want a thing done go - if not send."

"If you want a thing done go - if not send."

Benjamin Franklin, American Politician

Action, Decision, Motivational, Focus

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"Never stand on one spot, always be doing something in line with your calling."

"Never stand on one spot, always be doing something in line with your calling."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Action, Calling, Purpose, Movement

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"Act for the joy and beauty of action not for the fruits of creation."

"Act for the joy and beauty of action not for the fruits of creation."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Action, Beauty, Joy, Creation

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"Effectiveness of love must be measured by concrete results."

"Effectiveness of love must be measured by concrete results."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Action, Love, Effectiveness, Results

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"In order to deliver people we need to have a strategy, to have a plan of deliverance."

"In order to deliver people we need to have a strategy, to have a plan of deliverance."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Action, Strategy, Deliverance, Plan, Faith

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"Dream, desire, and then dare to discover."

"Dream, desire, and then dare to discover."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Action, Dream, Desire, Dare, Discover

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"Don't just talk, act."

"Don't just talk, act."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Action, Talk, Change, Impact

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"You will not kill my girlfriend today, International Terrorists of Ambiguous Nationality!"

"You will not kill my girlfriend today, International Terrorists of Ambiguous Nationality!"

John Green, American Author

Action, Defiance, Protection, Love, Courage

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"Take the necessary steps needed to reach your goals."

"Take the necessary steps needed to reach your goals."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Action, Steps, Goals, Achievement

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"There are questions that are not meant to be answered with words. Some questions take a lifetime to answer. Take action."

"There are questions that are not meant to be answered with words. Some questions take a lifetime to answer. Take action."

J.R. Rim, American Author

Action, Meaning, Experience, Commitment

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"Take action today and at this moment."

"Take action today and at this moment."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Action, Moment, Today, Choice

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"Find an opportunity to serve and success will be yours."

"Find an opportunity to serve and success will be yours."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Action, Opportunity, Service, Success

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"Thinking without acting makes you a coward. Acting without thinking makes you insane. You need both the thoughts and actions, they never walk alone!"

"Thinking without acting makes you a coward. Acting without thinking makes you insane. You need both the thoughts and actions, they never walk alone!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Action, Thinking, Balance, Success

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"Critiquing a doer isn't doing."

"Critiquing a doer isn't doing."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Action, Critique, Truth, Work

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"We can't continuously be a society of well-wishers. We must take action to bring those wishes to fruition."

"We can't continuously be a society of well-wishers. We must take action to bring those wishes to fruition."

Steve Maraboli, American Author

Action, Society, Wishes, Fruition

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"You cannot score a goal when you are sitting on the bench. To do so, you have to dress up and enter the game."

"You cannot score a goal when you are sitting on the bench. To do so, you have to dress up and enter the game."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Action, Success, Game, Opportunity

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"Participate in your own dreams, don't just say what you want or complain about what you don't have."

"Participate in your own dreams, don't just say what you want or complain about what you don't have."

Steve Maraboli, American Author

Action, Dreams, Participation, Say, Complain

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"Begin when you have the strength. You have it now, therefore the best time to begin is now."

"Begin when you have the strength. You have it now, therefore the best time to begin is now."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Action, Strength, Beginning, Success

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"I'm good at doing things I'm not supposed to, she said, then kicked the door open."

"I'm good at doing things I'm not supposed to, she said, then kicked the door open."

Brandon Sanderson, American Author

Action, Rebellion, Strength, Independence

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"Mind what you say, but mind more closely what you do. For though children close their ears to you, their eyes remain wide open."

"Mind what you say, but mind more closely what you do. For though children close their ears to you, their eyes remain wide open."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Action, Behavior, Truth, Life, Wisdom

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"It is our action that determines the viability of our dream."

"It is our action that determines the viability of our dream."

Steve Maraboli, American Author

Action, Dream, Viability, Determines

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"The master action to move forward, is a form of inaction; being still and quiet."

"The master action to move forward, is a form of inaction; being still and quiet."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Action, Stillness, Power, Truth, Spiritual

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"What are you waiting for? How long will you keep waiting? Don't sit back and wait for life to happen to you. Have a plan and take the needed steps to create what you want."

"What are you waiting for? How long will you keep waiting? Don't sit back and wait for life to happen to you. Have a plan and take the needed steps to create what you want."

Steve Maraboli, American Author

Action, Waiting, Plan, Steps, Life

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"Our universe is not suitable for waiting. This universe is a 'we must do something universe,' it is a 'we must be serious universe!' Think fast, think right and implement your thoughts very fast! To survive in this universe, 'waiting' must be abolished!"

"Our universe is not suitable for waiting. This universe is a 'we must do something universe,' it is a 'we must be serious universe!' Think fast, think right and implement your thoughts very fast! To survive in this universe, 'waiting' must be abolished!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Action, Power, Today, Future, Wisdom

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"She skidded around a corner, slamming her shoulder into the wall and bouncing off of it without slowing. Caleb?Silence. Forty-six meters. A long stretch of hallway. She pushed faster, harder. Twenty meters.She burst into the room in unison with a deafening crash of metal shearing metal."

"She skidded around a corner, slamming her shoulder into the wall and bouncing off of it without slowing. Caleb?Silence. Forty-six meters. A long stretch of hallway. She pushed faster, harder. Twenty meters.She burst into the room in unison with a deafening crash of metal shearing metal."

G.S. Jennsen, American Author

Action, Speed, Strength, Focus

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"When you act with your heart, the universe conspires to help with your act."

"When you act with your heart, the universe conspires to help with your act."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Action, Heart, Universe, Help

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"Give a try; give a shot. Sometimes, you must not only expect the way to be too clear; strike when you can!"

"Give a try; give a shot. Sometimes, you must not only expect the way to be too clear; strike when you can!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Action, Try, Success, Growth

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"You can't move things by not moving."

"You can't move things by not moving."

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

Action, Movement, Change, Progress

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"If you are going to hide yourself and you will not stand against the work of the bad people, you have given them an endorsement."

"If you are going to hide yourself and you will not stand against the work of the bad people, you have given them an endorsement."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Action, Courage, Stand, Justice

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"If you are indecisive, make decisions quickly and act in accordance with your decisions you will be able to acquire a new habit."

"If you are indecisive, make decisions quickly and act in accordance with your decisions you will be able to acquire a new habit."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Action, Decisions, Habit, Growth

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"The annoyance you ignore today only gets worse tomorrow. Solve it now."

"The annoyance you ignore today only gets worse tomorrow. Solve it now."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Action, Problem, Today, Decision

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"Trust not tomorrow! Whatever you are planning, today is the best day to act!"

"Trust not tomorrow! Whatever you are planning, today is the best day to act!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Action, Today, Inspirational, Truth, Power

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"Life is filled with endless opportunities. You must search for the opportunities. Seize every opportunity and make it great."

"Life is filled with endless opportunities. You must search for the opportunities. Seize every opportunity and make it great."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Action, Seize, Opportunities, Endless, Life

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"Don't worry about what people think about you, always think about what you can do to help them."

"Don't worry about what people think about you, always think about what you can do to help them."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Action, Help, People, Compassion

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"There is always a way forward if the responsible parties are willing to act."

"There is always a way forward if the responsible parties are willing to act."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Action, Responsibility, Hope, Progress

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"Do it or not, but do."

"Do it or not, but do."

Fakeer Ishavardas, Indian Spiritual Leader

Action, Decision, Discipline, Motivational

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"There is no reality of consciousness independent of the effects of various vehicles of content on subsequent action (and hence, of course, on memory)."

"There is no reality of consciousness independent of the effects of various vehicles of content on subsequent action (and hence, of course, on memory)."

Daniel Clement Dennett, American Philosopher

Action, Consciousness, Content, Reality

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"What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do."

"What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do."

John Ruskin, English Writer

Action, Responsibility, Impact, Behavior

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"Three great actions; explore, experiment and experience."

"Three great actions; explore, experiment and experience."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Action, Experience, Learning

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"Give it all you can."

"Give it all you can."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Action, Give, All, Effort, Life

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"He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea."

"He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

Action, Fear, Courage, Adventure, Delay

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"No one knows if something works until it actually works. That's why you must always try."

"No one knows if something works until it actually works. That's why you must always try."

S. A. Tawks, British Author

Action, Effort, Success, Curiosity

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"Act as if there is no chance of failure."

"Act as if there is no chance of failure."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Action, Failure, No Fear, Life

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"It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like."

"It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like."

Victor Hugo, French Author

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"Many great actions are committed in small struggles."

"Many great actions are committed in small struggles."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Action, Actions

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