Take Action Quotes

“The most important step of all is the first step. Start something! What if that idea you have in the back of your head is a really good one, one that might end up helping tens of thousands of people? You owe it to the world ot act. Or maybe it will help only a few people: The same advice applies. If you don’t do it, you are missing out on something big, and so are the people who could have been helped.” ~ Blake Mycoskie (Founder of TOMS)

“Inspiration is a magical thing, a productivity multiplier, a motivator. But it won’t wait for you. Inspiration is a now thing. If it grabs you, grab it right back and put it to work.” ~ Jason Fried

“If you’re inspired on a Friday, swear off the weekend and dive into the project. When you’re high on inspiration, you can get two weeks of work done in twenty-four hours. Inspiration is a time machine in that way.” ~ Jason Fried

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” ~ Conrad Hilton

“One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.” ~ Thomas Fuller

“Success is not for the timid. It is for those who seek guidance, make decisions, and take decisive action.” ~ Jose Silva

“Success is waking up in the morning, whoever you are, wherever you are, however old or young, and bounding out of bed because there’s something out there you love to do, that you believe in, that you’re good at – something that’s bigger than you are, and you can hardly wait to get at it again today.” ~ Whit Hobbs

“No one who can rise before dawn three hundred sixty days a year fails to make his family rich.” ~ Unknown

“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” ~ Muhammad Ali

“If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes.” ~ John Wooden

“True leaders are not those who strive to be first but those who are first to strive and who give their all for the success of the team. True leaders are first to see the need, envision the plan, and empower the team for action. By the strength of the leader’s commitment, the power of the team is unleashed.” ~ Unknown

“You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.” ~ Henry Ford

“We don’t want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker’s dam is the history we make today.” ~ Henry Ford

“Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.” ~ Henry Ford

“It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.” ~ Henry Ford

“If you wait until you can do everything for everybody, instead of something for somebody, you’ll end up not doing anything for anybody.” ~ Malcom Bane

“If you want to learn to swim, jump into the water. On dry land no frame of mind is ever going to help you.” ~ Bruce Lee

“The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.” ~ Oprah Winfrey

“I am a woman in process. I’m just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.” ~ Oprah Winfrey

“Positive self-direction is the action plan that all winners in life use to turn imagination into reality, fantasy into fact, and dreams into actual goals.” ~ Denis Waitley