80+ Take Action Quotes To Get You Moving And Motivated

Taking action means to start doing something and to act towards a result.

Taking action doesn't just mean starting your work. It means to keep working until you reach your satisfactory result.

Everyone needs a little motivation to keep going. For that you must keep your eye on the target, remember frequently why you want it, take small steps towards your goal and remember to celebrate each time you attain it. These action quotes will keep you in action no matter the situation. Also here we've accumulated a few action quotes that will help you get inspired too. Success begins when you start small, take actions towards the first step, have a vision, and start walking towards your destination without any worry or fear of failure. Also, check out Zig Ziglar motivational quotes and you can do anything quotes.

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One might have a lot of ambition or the wish to change the world, but if they're not doing anything about it, it doesn't mean anything. These are some famous take action quotes that will inspire you, tell you how to get up, and start taking action yourself. If you read these action quotes, you'll want to achieve every goal or multiple goals or dreams, curbing the fear of self you have over your actions. Action quotes motivate and inspire you to move towards success. You'll find action quotes from Tony Robbins, Zig Ziglar and more authors about taking action.

1. "It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action."

- Honore de Balzac.

2. "If you want things to get better, take action...Don't just read and think about it. Do it."

- Larry Winget.

3. "God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail."

- Saint Augustine.

4. "Take action! An inch of movement will bring you closer to your goals than a mile of action."

- Steve Maraboli.

5. "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."

- Tony Robbins.

6. "To wish for change will change nothing; To make the decision to take action right now will change everything."

- Nick Vujicic.

7. "Outstanding people have one thing in common: An absolute sense of mission."

- Zig Ziglar.

8. "There are only two rules for being successful: one, figure out exactly what you want to do, and two, do it."

- Mario Cuomo.

9. "Well done is better than well said."

- Benjamin Franklin.

10. "How would your life be different if … You stopped focusing on what you didn't want and started focusing on what you do want? Let today be the day … You establish a clear intent, make a plan, and take actions towards your intent."

- Steve Maraboli.

11. "No more excuses...No more self-sabotage...No more self-pity....No more comparing yourself to others. Time to step up. Take action right now and start living your life with purpose.⁠"

- Anthon St. Maarten.

12. "Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit."

- Conrad Hilton.

13. "Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear."

- Norman Vincent Peale.

14. "Get action. Do things; be sane; don't fritter away your time; create, act, take a place wherever you are and be somebody; get action."

- Theodore Roosevelt.

15. "Constantly take action to turn it to positive growth opportunities – and have faith to believe that it will all work out in the end."

- Roy T. Bennett.

16. "Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."

- Martin Luther King Jr.

17. "People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do."

- Lewis Cass.

18. "For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour."

- Mary Kay Ash.

19. "When you do the things in the present that you can see, you are shaping the future that you are yet to see."

- Idowu Koyenikan.

20. "Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you."

- Thomas Jefferson.

Your vision might not be big but doing the right thing whenever you work should be the goal. These action quotes below talk about acting to do the right thing. These motivating action quotes are meant to inspire into action. Share these action quotes with others and inspire others to take action.

21. "If you build the guts to do something, anything, then you better save enough to face the consequences."

- Criss Jami.

22. "Stand up to injustice, even if you stand alone."

- Suzy Kassem.

23. "Stand for what is right. Even if it means standing alone."

- Suzy Kassem.

24. "Injustice needs to be confronted. Good people need to act. And darkness needs to be drowned out by the light."

- Martin Luther King Jr.

25. "Take a stand; go for the right choice. Don't just sit for anything; stand for something. Be specific because sometimes, when the meaning is not clear, there is absolutely no meaning!"

- Israelmore Ayivor.

26. "You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right."

- Rosa Parks.

27. "Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have."

- Norman Vincent Peale.

28. "A small change can make a big difference. You are the only one who can make our world a better place to inhabit."

- Ankita Singhal.

29. "The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything."

- Albert Einstein.

30. "In every generation, the world is changed by a few people, who stand for something, do not fear unpopularity and dare to make a difference."

- Nicky Gumbel.

31. "Let us take a stand for what is right. And let us raise our voice against injustice."

- Avijeet Das.

32. "We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."

- Elie Wiesel.

Dreaming about something and achieving that goal requires action and these action quotes can help you work your best towards it. Read these action quotes that will motivate you to reach that target.

33. "If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less than excellent work."

- Thomas J. Watson.

34. "It may be that those who do most, dream most."

- Stephen Leacock.

35. "One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals."

- Michael Korda.

36. "Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out."

- Robert Collier.

37. "To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe."

- Anatole France.

38. "Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you."

- George Whitefield.

39. "I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."

- Thomas Jefferson.

40. "The only thing worse than starting something and failing … is not starting something."

- Seth Godin.

41. "If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it."

- Pauline Kael.

42. "The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it."

- Henry Ford.

43. "What is not started today is never finished tomorrow."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

44. "Dreams don't work unless you take action. The surest way to make your dreams come true is to live them."

- Roy T. Bennett.

Everyone faces the issue of procrastination but how you deal with it determines if you'll achieve your dream. These motivating quotes will help you get over it and start working again.

45. "Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle."

- Abraham Lincoln.

46. "Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great."

- Orison Swett Marden.

47. "Don’t wait for being completely ready for the plans and ideas you may have in mind. Take action now."

- Farshad Asl.

48. "Doing just a little bit during the time we have available puts you that much further ahead than if you took no action at all."

- Byron Pulsifer.

49. "Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect … Get started now."

- Mark Victor Hansen.

50. "Do not wait until regrets are your only option, make the changes and act before it’s too late."

- RJ Intindola.

51. "A year from now you may wish you had started today."

- Karen Lamb.

52. "Don't wait for the stars to align, reach up and rearrange them the way you want...create your own constellation."

- Pharrell Williams.

53. "When there is time, there is no money... And when there is money, there is no time... So, if you don't want to have regrets in this life, do it when you have either of them, don't wait for both!"

- Yulia Lipovka.

54. "To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing."

- Eva Young.

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

- Napoleon Hill.

56. "If you're waiting until you feel talented enough to make it, you'll never make it."

- Criss Jami.

Whatever you're doing, one must do anything in their power for the betterment of society. Here we have a few quotes for actions that will help you to do just that.

57. "Let me do all the good I can, to all the people I can, as often as I can, for I shall not pass this way again."

- John Wesley.

58. "Your position in life and what you do doesn't matter as much as how you do what you do."

- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross.

59. "I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody."

- Lily Tomlin.

60. "The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own."

- Benjamin Disraeli.

61. "The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake."

- Meister Eckhart.

62. "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."

- Helen Keller.

63. "Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person."

- Mother Teresa.

64. "One person can make a difference, and everyone should try."

- John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

65. "I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do."

- Edward Everett Hale.

66. "Life's most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?"

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

67. "The time is always right to do the right thing."

- Martin Luther King Jr.

68. "It is not enough to be compassionate. You must act."

- Dalai Lama.

Our environment is our wealth. It is the reason we're alive but with the situation of the mother nature and environment as it is today, it may not live as long. So, here's a few quotes to remind you to take the right actions for your environment.

69. "Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty."

- Albert Einstein.

70. "The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved."

- Richard Rogers.

71. "You cannot protect the environment unless you empower people, you inform them, and you help them understand that these resources are their own, that they must protect them."

- Wangari Maathai.

72. "The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it."

- Robert Swan.

73. "Our planet’s alarm is going off, and it is time to wake up and take action!"

- Leonardo DiCaprio.

74. "If you are fearful of the destruction of the environment, then learn to quit being an environmental parasite."

- Wendell Berry.

75. "Facts alone can't save the world. Hearts can. Hearts must. We're working to make sure that hearts do."

- Carl Safina.

76. "Environment is no one’s property to destroy; it’s everyone’s responsibility to protect."

- Mohith Agadi.

77. "It is our collective and individual responsibility…to preserve and tend to the world in which we all live."

- Dalai Lama.

78. "Pursue something so important that even if you fail, the world is better off with you having tried."

- Tim O'Reilly.

79. "We are the last generation with a real opportunity to save the world."

- Laurence Overmire.

80. "Deforestation is changing our climate, harming people and the natural world. We must, and can, reverse this trend."

- Jane Goodall.

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