Quotes about action. Sayings and aphorisms about action.

Aphorisms and quotes about actions

Actions don't always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action. B. Disraeli

People's actions are the best translators of their thoughts. D. Locke

Human actions performed upon reflection are called deeds. Long reflection and frequently repeated actions create a habit, after which it becomes a permanent rule. Xun Tzu

Acting when you doubt the wisdom of an action is dangerous; it is better to refrain. Prudence does not allow uncertainty; it always walks in the noonday light of reason. B. Gracian

Acting without rules is the most difficult and most tiring task in this world. A. Manzoni

To act rationally means to act in a manner consistent with the nature of a given person. L. Feuchtwanger

Every time, to achieve something, it was necessary to make great efforts, learn something new and act with extreme purpose. Peter Drucker

I don't think there is a contradiction between thinking and doing. Action should be based on reflection, but those of us who act do not devote enough time and enough effort to reflection. Robert McNamara

Let the motive ennoble the action, let the execution be more important than the result. Margaret Preston

In politics, if you want something to be said, give it to a man. If you want something done, choose a woman to do it. Margaret Thatcher

When I see something that needs to be done, I do it. Nellie Cashman

If you are proactive, you don't have to wait for favorable circumstances to appear or for other people to create them. You can purposefully create them yourself. Stephen Covey

Act in such a way that there is no need to resort to action, and then order will be ensured. Lao Tzu

I acted and became wiser because of it. Tom Gunn

Formulating an action without specifying who will do it makes no sense. Hannan Arendt

Every action is best measured, explained and prevented by a reaction to oneself. Thomas de Quincey

For me, the conviction of eternal life stems from the concept of activity. Since I work tirelessly until the very end, nature is obliged to provide me with another form of existence, if the current one cannot hold my spirit longer. Johann Wolfgang Goethe

It is not enough to just gain knowledge; I need to find an app for them. It is not enough to just wish; need to do. Johann Wolfgang Goethe

Wanting is not enough, you have to act. Johann Wolfgang Goethe

Think and act; acting and then thinking is short-sighted. Tiruvalluvar (circa 1st century AD), Indian poet

In an enthusiastic state, a person is able to do something that is otherwise simply impossible. Passions work miracles, that is, actions that exceed the powers of the organ in an ordinary, dispassionate state. Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach

Not for idle self-contemplation and self-reflection and not for self-pleasure with your pious feelings, no - you exist for activity; your action, and that alone, determines your value. Johann Gottlieb Fichte

To stand and complain about human downfall without moving your hand to reduce it is to act like a woman. Punishing and viciously mocking people without telling people how to improve is not friendly. Act! Act! - that's why we exist. Johann Gottlieb Fichte

Nothing makes life more bearable than activity directed towards one goal. Johann Friedrich Schiller

Action by instinct differs from all other actions in that the concept of a goal follows from it as a consequence, and this concept precedes other actions. Instinct, therefore, is a given rule for any action, the goal of which, therefore, may still be unknown, since to achieve this goal there is no need for a concept about it. On the contrary, a rational or prudent action is performed according to a rule drawn up according to the concept of the goal, and therefore it can turn out to be erroneous, whereas instinct never errs. Arthur Schopenhauer

Where there is no community of interests, there cannot be unity of goals, not to mention unity of actions. Friedrich Engels

Whatever the activity, habit and the ability to act acquired through it are a great thing. Those who did not sit idly by when there was nothing to do will be able to act when the time comes for this. Vissarion Grigorievich Belinsky

There is nothing more destructive and unbearable in the world than inaction and waiting. Alexander Ivanovich Herzen

You must have the strength of character to say and do the same thing. Alexander Ivanovich Herzen

Life and activity are as closely connected with each other as flame and light. What burns, then surely shines, what lives, then, of course, acts. Fedor Nikolaevich Glinka

The harm or benefit of an action is determined by the totality of circumstances. Kozma Prutkov

No provision justifies inaction; you can always do something that is not completely useless; you should always do everything you can. Nikolai Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky

You can hesitate for twenty years before you take a step, but you can’t back down once you’ve taken it. Alfred de Musset

Activity is the only path to knowledge. George Bernard Shaw

When we stop doing, we stop living. George Bernard Shaw

To what do you think I owe my developed brain? The need to move, to move your body? Not at all. A rat with a brain half as developed as mine moves just like me. The main thing here is not the need to do something, but the need to know what you are doing, so as not to destroy yourself in a blind desire to live. George Bernard Shaw

You need to know when to act and when to refrain from acting. Action and inaction in these circumstances are akin and by no means contradict each other. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

A person is judged not by what he says or thinks about himself, but by what he does. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

Every person knows that he needs to do not what separates him from people, but what connects him with them. Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy

Do only what lifts you spiritually, and be sure that by doing this you can be most useful to society. Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy

Activity contains its own reward. To act, to create, to fight against circumstances, to defeat them or to feel defeated, that is all the joy; all human health lies in this! Emile Zola

Never separate thought from action!.. An inactive thought is a meaningless thought, immobility, death. Romain Rolland

Act like you could never do again. Elias Canetti

Even those who open a new store or order a theater ticket conduct a small social experiment. Karl Raymund Popper

Not all consequences of our actions are intended. Karl Raymund Popper

Tasks are not realized on their own; they need to be realized. Wilhelm Windelband

In every activity, even the most exhaustive and fruitful, we feel something that has not yet received full expression. Georg Simmel

Only when we act are we truly ourselves. Georg Simmel

Only the man of action, the man of destiny ultimately lives in the true world, the world of political, military and economic decisions, where there is no place for concepts and systems. Oswald Spengler

Transforming the external world and general relationships means strengthening oneself, developing oneself. Antonio Gramsci

Inner life takes place in time, and outer activities take place in time and space. Nikolai Onufrievich Lossky

An action outrages the general consciousness not because it is criminal, but it is criminal because it outrages the public consciousness. Emile Durkheim

Action comes from excess contemplation. Jacques Maritain

An activity that does not seek for itself the light that comes from its own sought-after values has only one thing left: to devote itself, like a flirtatious woman, to taking care of its appearance. Emmanuel Mounier

People of action see only the air outside, but they rarely store this in memory. Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Motivational Quotes - 99 Best Motivational Quotes

It's better to do it and regret it than not to do it and regret it twice
He who can and does nothing is worse than he who cannot but tries to do something / William Blake
Desire is the driving force of the soul; a soul devoid of desires stagnates. One must desire in order to act and act in order to be happy / Claude Adrian
Helvetius Life manifests itself not in states, but in actions / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
A person can recognize his abilities only by trying to apply them in practice / Seneca
Take the first step by believing. You don't need to see the whole staircase - just take the first step - Martin Luther King
They don’t joke with valor: if you don’t dare, you retreat once, you’ll have to retreat a second time, and so on until the last: in the end you will face the same obstacle as at the beginning - wouldn’t it be better to decide right away? / Gracian y Morales
Many things seem impossible until you do them - Nelson Mandella
It is necessary to act, to boldly grab life by the mane. I regret only inactivity, indecision, hesitation. I never truly regret my actions and deeds, even if they sometimes bring sadness and melancholy / Andrzej Sapkowski
The future depends on what you do today / Mahatma Gandhi
Trust only the movement. Life happens at the level of events, not words. Trust the movement / Alfred Adler
The best idea in the world won't do you any good if you don't act on it. People who want milk shouldn't sit on a chair in the middle of a field hoping the cow will come back to them - Curtis Grant
INACTION - premature death / Pierre Buast
When a person thinks, he doubts, but he is sure when he acts / Anatole France
Actions do not always bring happiness, but without action there is no happiness - Benjamin Disraeli
When I think, I don't act. In order to act, I need to set myself up. My success is not a consequence of luck, but a consequence of my consistency in action / Estee Lauder
It’s not your problems that should push you back, but your dreams that should lead you forward / Douglas Everett
You will not grow unless you try to accomplish something beyond what you already know perfectly - Ralph Waldo Emerson
You can neither win nor lose until you race / David Bowie
The biggest mistake is that we give up quickly. Sometimes, to get what you want, you just have to try one more time / Thomas Edison
Heaven does not help people who do nothing / Sophocles
It is better to work without a specific goal than to do nothing / Socrates
He who does nothing is never wrong - Theodore Roosevelt
The man who could move a mountain began by dragging small pebbles from place to place / Chinese proverb
A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step D
Act, act! It's better to cut wood than to dream, at least the blood won't stagnate in your veins! / Alphonse Daudet
Don't wait for things to happen - roll up your sleeves / Garth Heinrichs
Instead of just wanting fish, it’s better to start weaving nets to catch them / Chinese wisdom
The biggest mistake we can make is the constant fear of making a mistake - Elbert Hubbard
The best way to start doing is to stop talking and start doing / Walt Disney
Trying to succeed without doing anything is the same as trying to reap a harvest where you have not sown anything - David Bly
No one stumbles while lying in bed / Japanese proverb
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit on the road - Will Rogers
While you are looking at the kettle, it will not boil / English proverb
Someday later" is a most dangerous disease that will sooner or later bury your dreams along with you / Timothy Ferriss
The most important thing is to do at least something to achieve success, and do it right now. This is the most important secret - despite all its simplicity. Everyone has amazing ideas, but rarely does anyone do anything to put them into practice, right now. Not tomorrow. Not in a week. Now. The entrepreneur who succeeds is the one who acts, not slows down, and acts now / Nolan Bushnell
Go and do it; you can always make excuses later / Grace Hopper
He who watches the wind must not sow, and he who looks at the clouds must not reap / From the Bible. Ecclesiastes 11:4
You can't wait forever for the right moment, you just have to create it.
He who waits for his fortune never knows whether he will have dinner to-night - Benjamin Franklin
If you wait for the minute when everything, absolutely everything is ready, you will never have to start / Ivan Turgenev
To reach your goal, you must first of all walk! / Honore de Balzac
He who really wants to go upstairs will invent a ladder / Japanese wisdom
Do today what others don't want, tomorrow you will live what others can't / Jared Leto
When you wake up in the morning, ask yourself: “What should I do?” In the evening, before falling asleep: “What have I done?” / Pythagoras
The lesson I learned and followed throughout my life was to try, and try, and try again - but never give up! / Richard Branson
The decision becomes real only after you have taken action. If you don't act, then you haven't fully decided / Tony Robbins
Actions speak louder than words
If the choice is between “yes” or “no,” then “yes”! Do it. Kiss, hug, catch up, meet, tell. And let it turn out to be nonsense, but at least they tried / Johnny Depp
Do at least once what others say you can’t do. After that, you will never pay attention to their rules and restrictions / James Cook
Try all the possibilities. It's always important to know that you did your best / Charles Dickens
If you always wait for the last obstacles to be removed, you will never be able to do anything - Samuel Johnson