Getting Quotes

Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough we must do.

Every action we take everything we do is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be.

A human being has no discernible character until he acts.

The first step is the hardest.

The ordinary man is involved in action the hero acts. An immense difference.

And now Lord what wait I for?

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act but I do believe in a fate that falls on men unless they act.

The important thing is somehow to begin.

Who waits until the wind shall silent keep Will never find the ready hour to sow.

The things people discard tell more about them than the things they keep.

Unless a capacity for thinking be accompanied by a capacity for action a superior mind exists in torture.

The rewards in business go to the man who does something with an idea.

Ef women want any rights more'n dey got why don't dey jes' take 'em and not be talkin' about it.

The hour is ripe and yonder lies the way.

If you want to do something do it!

To be is to do.

Delay not to seize the hour!

Everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

You decide you'll wait for your pitch. Then as the ball starts toward the plate you think about your stance. And then you think about your swing. And then you realize that the ball that went past you for a strike was your pitch.

We don't have enough time to premeditate all our actions.

The world's not getting any stranger.We are!

Action is the only reality not only reality but morality as well.

Few begin with anything like a clear view of what they want to do and the fortune they seek may come in a very different form from that which they have kept in view.

The end of man is action.

Modern society - everyone thinks getting cancer is a normal aspect of life.

You can't build a reputation on what you intend to do.

Being unready and ill-equipped is what you have to expect in life. It is the universal predicament. It is your lot as a human being to lack what it takes. Circumstances are seldom right. You never have the capacities the strength the wisdom the virtue you ought to have. You must always do with less than you need in a situation vastly different from what you would have chosen.

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

Psychology is action not thinking about oneself.

You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood however much you preach posture or agree unless you live it.

He who hesitates is last.

Ramalama was moving higher in the sky already, the day was getting on. He was going to be late getting to San Fedora for his meeting with the Sheriff. And as a bounty hunter – even a good one with a lot of work, time is money. It seemed today that time was running out for Beck the Badfeller.

Delay always breeds danger and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.

Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.

There is nothing to be gained by waiting for a better situation. You see where you are and you do what you can with that.

To know what has to be done then do it comprises the whole philosophy of practical life.

I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to earth.

As long as you can start you are all right. The juice will come.

If you don't place your foot on the rope you'll never cross the chasm.

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future act now without delay.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

To attain happiness in another world we need only to believe something while to secure it in this world we must do something.

We must not waste life in devising means. It is better to plan less and do more.

This one makes a net this one stands and wishes. Would you like to make a bet which one gets the fishes?

If a man wants his dreams to come true he must wake them up.

Words are mere bubbles of water but deeds are drops of gold.

Often greater risk is involved in postponement than in making a wrong decision.

When it comes to getting things done we need fewer architects and more bricklayers.

Do not wait for ideal circumstances nor the best opportunities they will never come.

If you miss the first buttonhole you will not succeed in buttoning up your coat.

Why always "not yet"? Do flowers in spring say "not yet"?

Action will remove the doubt that theory cannot solve.

The emotions are not always subject to reason ... but they are always subject to action. When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion action will.

All worthwhile men have good thoughts good ideas and good intentions but precious few of them ever translate those into action.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

When I talked no one listened to me. But as soon as I acted I became persuasive and I no longer find anyone incredulous.

If you have something to do that is worthwhile doing don't talk about it ... do it.

The biggest sin is sitting on your ass.

I realize that if I wait until I am no longer afraid to act write speak be I'll be sending messages on a ouija board cryptic complaints from the other side.

What the Puritans gave the world was not thought but action.