Quotes About Action

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

Now's the day and now's the hour.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

Whatever you want to do, do it now. There are only so many tomorrows.

We are what we do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.

If not you, who? If not now, when?

Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again.

We have learnt, rather too late, that action comes, not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

The only thing that stands between you and your dream is the will to try and the belief that it is actually possible.

Do something worth remembering.

You don't have to get it perfect, you just have to get it going. Babies don't walk the first time they try, but eventually they get it right

We write our own destiny ...we become what we do.

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing.

Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not.

I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it.

Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.

What you will do matters. All you need is to do it.

Thinking rationally is often different from "positive thinking," in that it is a realistic assessment of the situation, with a view towards rectifying the problem if possible.

It's not psychopathology that counts. It's what you do with it.