Quotes About Action

Sometimes "the fool who rushes in" gets the job done.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.

English proverb

Talkers are no good doers.

My tastes are aristocratic; my actions democratic.

First he wrought, and afterwards he taught.

He who can does. He who can't, teaches.

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

The past will not tell us what we ought to do, but... what we ought to avoid.

Never let yesterday use up today.

Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest.

No yesterdays are ever wasted for those who give themselves to today.

This is not a dress rehearsal. This is It.

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.

Tomorrow's life is too late. Live today.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today, because if you enjoy it today, you can do it again, tomorrow.

We want to live in the present, and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we make today.

Now is the only time we own; give, love, toil with a will. And place no faith in tomorrow, for the clock may then be still.

You are younger today than you ever will be again. Make use of it for the sake of tomorrow.

Forget mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day.

Act-act in the living Present!

The word "now" is like a bomb thrown through the window, and it ticks.

Yesterday is a cancelled check. Tomorrow is a promissory note. Today is cash in hand. Spend It!