Taking Action Quotes

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.

When you pray, move your feet.

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

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

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

Don't wait. The time will never be just right.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.

Begin to weave and God will give you the thread.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply.

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

Actions speak louder than words.

One's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions.

The value of an idea lies in the using of it.

Justice is truth in action.

Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard. Business is both.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

What you are will show in what you do.

Trust is earned when actions meet words.

Vision without execution is hallucination.

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

In the beginning was the deed.

Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.