Action
933 quotes: 23 by Keith Craft, 910 from other voices.
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- You can do a few things superbly well, or a lot of things averagely well.Greg McKeownCommonly attributed
- You can wait for a miracle, but it's generally a better strategy to meet it halfway.
- You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.
- You cannot act where you are not; you cannot act where you have been, and you cannot act where you are going to be; you can act only where you are.
- You cannot control the results, only your actions.
- You cannot guide a ship that’s parked.
- You cannot learn to walk without walking; no more can you learn to do good without trying to do good.
- You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.
- You cannot play the flute by blowing alone: you must use your fingers.
- You cannot talk initiative to others without developing a desire to practice it yourself.
- You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
- You can't control how you feel. But you can always choose how you act.
- You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.Rabindranath TagoreCommonly attributed
- You can’t think yourself out of overthinking, go do something.
- You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
- You create your opportunities by asking for them.
- You do not know anything until you have practiced.
- You don't have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great.
- You don’t have to do something huge to make a huge difference.
- You don’t have to have the faith to finish; you only have to have enough faith to start.
- You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
- You don't need a diploma to plant a tree.
- You don’t need to predict the future. Just choose a direction and work towards it.
- You don't think your way into a new kind of living. You live your way into a new kind of thinking.
- You get one life. Do it all. Don’t leave anything in reserve.
- You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.
- You have to recognize when the right place and the right time fuse and take advantage of that opportunity. There are plenty of opportunities out there. You can't sit back and wait.
- You have to start from where you are today and from what can be done.
- You know, I think everybody longs to be loved, and longs to know that he or she is lovable. And, consequently, the greatest thing that we can do is to help somebody know that they're loved and capable of loving.
- 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.
- You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
- You may delay, but Time will not.
- You may never know what results come of your actions. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.Mahatma GandhiSourced
- You might occasionally feel that some people are standing in the way and slowing your progress, but in reality the biggest person standing in your way is you. Others can stop you temporarily — you are the only one who can do it permanently.
- You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
- You must lay aside the burdens of the mind; until you do this, no place will satisfy you.
- You never know where your actions will lead to. But if you don't do anything they will lead you nowhere.
- You never will be saved by works; but let us tell you most solemnly that you never will be saved without works.
- You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.
- You won't become a saint by studying your Bible; you'll become a saint by living it.