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QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON ACTION 5
The last to breathe is the first to drown.
Costa Rican Proverb
Only in water can you learn to swim.
Czechoslovakian Proverb (Sayings of Czech origin)
Big words seldom accompany good deeds.
Danish Proverb (Sayings of Danish origin)
He who is outside his door already has the hard part of his journey behind him.
Dutch Proverb (Sayings of Dutch origin)
Actions speak louder than words.
English Proverb (Sayings of British origin)
As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
English Proverb (Sayings of British origin)
Yesterday is ashes; tomorrow wood. Only today does the fire burn brightly.
Eskimo Proverb
It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.
French Proverb (Sayings of French origin)
Enough is better than too much.
German Proverb (Sayings of German origin)
God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.
German Proverb (Sayings of German origin)
The greatest step is out the door.
German Proverb (Sayings of German origin)
What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.
Ibo Proverb (Sayings of Ibo origin)
The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs
Irish Proverb (Sayings of Irish origin)
Turning it over in your mind won't plough the field.
Irish Proverb (Sayings of Irish origin)
Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.
Italian Proverb (Sayings of Italian origin)
To know and to act are one and the same.
Japanese Proverb (Sayings of Japanese origin)
A man's actions are more important than his ancestry.
Kenyian Proverb
To begin is to be half done.
Korean Proverb (Sayings of Korean origin)
He who walks with the lame learns how to limp.
Latin Proverb (Sayings of Latin origin)
An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.
Mexican Proverb (Sayings of Mexican origin)
He who strikes first, strikes twice.
Mexican Proverb (Sayings of Mexican origin)
A sip at a time empties the cask.
Norwegian Proverb (Sayings of Norwegian origin)
It's too late to close the stable door after the horse has escaped.
Norwegian Proverb (Sayings of Norwegian origin)
A meowing cat is never a good mouse catcher.
Spanish Proverb (Sayings of Spanish origin)
Dance to the tune that is played.
Spanish Proverb (Sayings of Spanish origin)
The prayer of the chicken hawk does not get him the chicken.
Swahili Proverb
Plant rice when the ground is ready; pursue women when you feel passion.
Tibetan Proverb (Sayings of Tibetan origin)
Today's egg is better than tomorrow's hen.
Turkish Proverb (Sayings of Turkish origin)
A meowing cat catches no mice.
Yiddish Proverb (Sayings of Yiddish origin)
The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.
Francis Quarles (1592-1644, British poet)
All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it -- walk.
Ayn Rand (1905-1982, Russian philosopher, author, "Atlas Shrugged")
Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand -- and melting like a snowflake.
Marie Beynon Ray
If you want to get along, go along.
Sam Rayburn (1882-1961, American representative)
To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last -- but eat you he will.
Ronald Reagan (1911-2004, American President (40th))
Let no one be deluded that a knowledge of the path can substitute for putting one foot in front of the other.
Mary Caroline Richards
You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth.
Pat Riley (1945-, American basketball coach)
I'll take any way to get into the Hall of Fame. If they want a batboy, I'll go in as a batboy.
Phil Rizzuto
A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.
Anthony Robbins (1960-, American author, speaker, peak performance expert, coach) Author's website: www.anthonyrobbins.com
Action is the foundational key to all success.
Anthony Robbins (1960-, American author, speaker, peak performance expert, coach) Author's website: www.anthonyrobbins.com
Until you get dissatisfied, you won't do anything to really move your life to another level. Dissatisfaction is a gem. If you're totally satisfied, you're going to get comfortable. And then your life begins to deteriorate.
Anthony Robbins (1960-, American author, speaker, peak performance expert, coach) Author's website: www.anthonyrobbins.com
One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.
John Roger (American author, "Life 101")
Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.
Will Rogers (1879-1935, American humorist, actor)
The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.
Jim Rohn (American businessman, author, speaker, philosopher) Author's website: www.jimrohn.com
A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945, American President (32nd))
Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn't, do something else.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945, American President (32nd))
When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike you, do not wait until he has struck before you crush him.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945, American President (32nd))
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919, American President (26th))
Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919, American President (26th))
It isn't sufficient just to want -- you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.
Richard D. Rosen
Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.
Percy Ross (American columnist)
Can anything be sadder than work unfinished? Yes! Work never begun.
Christina Rossetti (1830-1894, British poet, lyricist)
Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.
Carl Rowan (1925-, American journalist)
You learn to build your roads on today, because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans, and futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight.
Veronica Shoffstal
Failure is never as scary as regret.
Author Unknown
What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.
Antoine De Saint-Exupery (1900-1944, French aviator, writer)
The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.
Carl Sandburg (1878-1967, American poet)
All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980, French writer, philosopher)
Heaven never helps the men who will not act.
Sophocles (495-406 BC, Greek tragic poet)
You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.
St. Francis De Sales (1567-1622, Roman Catholic bishop, writer)
Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.
Zen Saying
Now, go take on the day!
Dr. Laura Schlessinger (1947-, American family therapist)
Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.
Helmut Schmidt
In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860, German philosopher)
Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860, German philosopher)
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.
Robert H. Schuller (1926-, American minister, author, social leader)
I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.
Robert H. Schuller (1926-, American minister, author, social leader)
Winning starts with beginning.
Robert H. Schuller (1926-, American minister, author, social leader)
You will never win if you never begin.
Robert H. Schuller (1926-, American minister, author, social leader)
Life is too short to waste. Dreams are fulfilled only through action, not through endless planning to take action.
David J. Schwartz (American trainer, author of "The Magic of Thinking Big")
The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.
Norman Schwarzkopf (1934-, American general of the gulf war)
Those old faces, in Pasadena, California, and Tucson, Arizona, and Dallas, crumpling in hatred and fear at the mention of the United Nations or those liberals in government who constitute for them the fifth column of communism, yearn for an America that is as far from the society of the present as is the extended family system in village India.
Ronald Segal
The view only changes for the lead dog.
Sergeant Preston of The Yukon (Fictional 1950's TV character)
Action is eloquence.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616, British poet, playwright, actor)
Be great in act, as you have been in thought.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616, British poet, playwright, actor)
If it were done when 'tis done, then t'were well. It were done quickly.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616, British poet, playwright, actor)
Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616, British poet, playwright, actor)
Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616, British poet, playwright, actor)
As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950, Irish-born British dramatist)
Anything worth doing is worth doing too soon.
Barbara Sher (American author of "I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was")
Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.
Barbara Sher (American author of "I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was")
The defense force inside of us wants us to be cautious, to stay away from anything as intense as a new kind of action. Its job is to protect us, and it categorically avoids anything resembling danger. But it's often wrong.
Barbara Sher (American author of "I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was")
Thinking about swimming isn't much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the water can take your breath away
Barbara Sher (American author of "I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was")
You don't have to get it right the first time.
Barbara Sher (American author of "I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was")
You don't need endless time and perfect conditions. Do it now. Do it day. Do it for twenty minutes and watch your heart start beating.
Barbara Sher (American author of "I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was")
Only the actions of the just smell sweet and blossom in the dust.
James Shirley (1596-1666, British playwright)
The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.
Samuel Smiles (1812-1904, Scottish author)
Look at everything as though you were seeing it for the first time or the last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.
Betty Smith
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and made things happen.
Elinor Smith
Begin somewhere: you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.
Elizabeth Smith
If a man would move the world, he must first move himself.
Socrates (BC 469-399, Greek philosopher of Athens)
Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigor, and activity of man's nature.
Bishop Robert South (1634-1716, British clergyman)
If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives.
Bishop Robert South (1634-1716, British clergyman)
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
St. Jerome (c.342-420, Croatian Christian ascetic, scholar)
Enthusiasm signifies God in us.
Madame De Stall
Time is the sea in which men grow, are born, or die.
Freya Stark (1893-1993, British travel writer)
No one will do it for you.
Ben Stein (1944-, American professor, writer)
Now or never was the time.
Laurence Sterne (1713-1768, British author)
It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1895, Scottish essayist, poet, novelist)
Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1895, Scottish essayist, poet, novelist)
I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.
W. Clement Stone (1902-2002, American businessman, author, founder of Combined Insurance Companies)
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