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Quotes About Action

Leaders make decisions that create the future they desire.
~ Mike Murdock
A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.
~ J. P. Morgan
Leadership is not a position or a title, it is action and example.
~ Cory Booker
No person among us desires any other reward for performing a brave and worthy action, but the consciousness of having served his nation.
~ Joseph Brant
Observing many companies in action, I am unable to point to a single instance in which stunning results were gotten without the active and personal leadership of the upper managers.
~ Joseph M. Juran
Leadership is a series of behaviors rather than a role for heroes.
~ Margaret J. Wheatley
Leadership is the ability to decide what is to be done and then get others to do it.
~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.
~ George Bernard Shaw
Future leaders will be less concerned with saying what they will deliver and more concerned with delivering what they have said they would.
~ Dave Ulrich
What you do has far greater impact than what you say.
~ Stephen Covey
No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.
~ W. Clement Stone
A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.
~ John le Carre
One person with commitment accomplishes more than a thousand with an opinion.
~ Orrin Woodward, LIFE
Leadership is action, not position
~ Donald McGannon
Leadership is found in the action to defeat that which would defeat you… You are made by the struggles you choose.
~ C. T. Vivian
Every single person has leadership ability. Some step up and take them. Some don't. My answer was to step up and lead.
~ Wilma Mankiller
Leadership is not a license to do less. Leadership is a responsibility to do more
~ Simon Sinek
Leadership is demonstrated at the moment of need. You learn to be a leader by acting, by doing
~ Carlos Ghosn
The world will not wait for us.
~ Bob Hawke
Service is a limitless opportunity, it is the reason why we breathe.
~ Michelle Obama
If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.
~ Dolly Parton
The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Leaders, whether in the family, in business, in government, or in education, must not allow themselves to mistake intentions for accomplishments .
~ Jim Rohn
Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.
~ Norman Vincent Peale