Quotes About Action

Success doesn't sneak up on us; it starts as a dream that we combine with a clear plan of action.

Mistakes are good, successes are great, and idleness is a sin.

The Lord gave us two ends - one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one we use the most.

The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do.

The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch, get started, take action, move.

Happiness and success in life are not the result of what we have, but rather of how we live. What we do with the things we have makes the biggest difference in the quality of life.

Without knowledge and a workable plan, you are gambling, with little or no chance of success.

The only thing between you and success is your thinking. Defeatist thoughts are the mother of inaction.

Sometimes the only thing we do to avoid success is refuse to be energetic on our own behalf

Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.

People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now.

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

A person acting from a motivation of contribution and service rises to such a level of moral authority that worldly success is a natural result.

One had to take some action against fear when once it laid hold of one.

Line up your thoughts up for potential, take action and success will follow.

One of the secrets to success is recognizing that motivation follows action.

Accept the consequences of your actions in order to become the agent of your mental, physical, spiritual and material success.

Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.

Action without planning is the cause of all failure. Action with planning is the cause of all success.

The most drastic and usually the most effective remedy for fear is direct action.

Do you wait for things to happen, or do you make them happen yourself? I believe in writing your own story.

You won't get ahead until you get off your behind.

Fast tempo is essential for success; do it, fix it, try it!

Success is the consequence of first having dreams and then acting upon them.