Take Action Quotes

“Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.” ~ Chinese proverb

“Like the elephant, we are unconscious of our own strength. When it comes to understanding the power we have to make a difference in our own lives, we might as well be asleep. If you want to make your dreams come true, wake up. Wake up to your own strength. Wake up to the role you play in your own destiny. Wake up to the power you have to choose what you think, do, and say.” ~ Keith Ellis

“Vision is not enough, it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.” ~ Vaclav Havel

“Fear not that your life will someday end. Fear only that you do nothing with it.” ~ Anon

“To dream anything that you want to dream. That is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do. That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits. That is the courage to succeed.” ~ Bernard Edmonds

“Experience can only be gained by doing not by thinking or dreaming.” ~ Byron Pulsifer

“I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci

“Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.” ~ Samuel Johnson

“It is not the critic who counts;
not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;
who strives valiantly;
who errs and comes short again and again;
who knows great enthusiasms,
the great devotions;
who spends himself in a worthy cause;
who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement,
and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly
so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt

“I never worry about action, but only inaction.” ~ Winston Churchill

“An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.” ~ Lao Tzu

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” ~ Walt Disney

“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.” ~ Beverly Sills

“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round heads in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them. But the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do. ” ~ Jack Kerouack

“Do more than dream: work.” ~ William Arthur Ward

“People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do.” ~ Lewis Cass

“One today is worth two tomorrows; what I am to be, I am now becoming.” ~ Benjamin Franklin

“Let us remember that, much has been given to us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt

“Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.” ~ H. L. Hunt

“You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.” ~ Rosalynn Carter