Action Quotes To Help You Stop Procrastinating and Take Action Now

If you’re looking for some inspiration to get moving, look no further than these action quotes. These quotes are all about taking action and getting things done. So if you’re feeling stuck, these quotes will give you the push you need to get moving.

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People often think that in order to achieve their goals they need to have everything planned out perfectly. But that’s not always the case. Sometimes you just need to take the first step, and the rest will follow.

One of the main reasons people don’t achieve their goals is because they don’t take any action. They keep procrastinating and putting it off until tomorrow. But tomorrow never comes. The time to take action is now.

If you have a goal, don’t just sit around and wait for it to happen. Take action and make it happen. The more you take action, the more likely you are to achieve your goal.

So don’t be afraid to take action. It’s the only way to achieve your goals.

 Tips for taking action

There are a few key things to keep in mind when taking action:

  • Make sure you have a clear goal in mind.
  • Take small steps towards your goal.
  • Be persistent and don’t give up.
  • Celebrate your successes along the way.
  • Learn from your failures and keep pushing forward.
  • Stay positive and motivated.
  • Don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it.
  • Keep your eye on the prize.

Hare some of our favorite action quotes to get you started.

60 Action Quotes

  1. “Take Action: Success is not guaranteed but inaction will guaranty failure.” – Ken Poirot

2. “When you are not sure what to do, take action. You will quickly find out.” – Jeffrey Fry

3. “Stop standing in your own way. Stop making excuses. Stop talking about why you can’t. Stop sabotaging yourself. Decide which direction you are going in and take action. One decision at a time, one moment at a time.” – Akiroq Brost

4. “Action is the foundational key to all success.” – Pablo Picasso

5. “The path to success is to take massive, determined action.” – Tony Robbins

6. “Stop complaining. Get busy doing what you can do.” – Germany Kent

7. “Dreams don’t work unless you take action. The surest way to make your dreams come true is to live them.” – Roy T. Bennett

8. “When you take action on your goals, gorgeous avenues gets lined up for you.” – Hiral Nagda

9. “If you’re waiting until you feel talented enough to make it, you’ll never make it.” – Criss Jami

10. “Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.” – Hannah Arendt

11. “For most people, it is better to lean towards action rather than inaction.” – Max McKeown

12. “Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile.” – Abu Bakr

13. “Work yourself, on yourself, for yourself.” – Amit Kalantri

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14. “Wishing is nice but doing is better. Take action.” – Akiroq Brost

15. “Sometimes the loss from taking a wrong action is less than the loss from taking no action.” – Amit Kalantri,

16. “Don’t be a witness. Be an activist.”- DaShanne Stokes

17. “Don’t just wish and dream—take action to make it happen.” – Debasish Mridha

18. “Patience, more than the ability to bear pains or endure waiting, is to be calm no matter what happens – constantly take action to turn it to positive growth opportunities – and have faith to believe that it will all work out in the end while you are waiting.” – Roy T. Bennet

18. “Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.” – W. Clement Stone

19. “Effort increases action. Action creates momentum. Momentum creates success.” – Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson

20. “Stop complaining and do something… Shut up! Rise up! Grow up! And show up! See you at the top!” – Israelmore Ayivor

21. “If you wait until you’re ready, you’ll wait forever.” – Will Rogers

22. “Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.” – Joel A. Barker

23. “Let today be the day where you rise above the excuses.” – Hiral Nagda

24. “Action cures fear. Indecision, postponement, on the other hand, fertilize fear.” – David Joseph Schwartz

25. “Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” – Dale Carnegie

26. “Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.” – Will Rogers

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Inspirational Action Quotes

27. “Knowledge is power: You hear it all the time but knowledge is not power. It’s only potential power. It only becomes power when we apply it and use it. Somebody who reads a book and doesn’t apply it, they’re at no advantage over someone who’s illiterate. None of it works unless YOU work. We have to do our part. If knowing is half the battle, action is the second half of the battle.” – Jim Kwik

28. “The greatest gift you can give the wicked is your inaction.” – DaShanne Stokes

29. “I never worry about action, but only inaction.” – Winston Churchill

30. “The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routines.” – Mike Murdock

31. “Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.” – Benjamin Disraeli

32. “There is no perfect place, job or life; we only have the present time. Love what you do, or do something else”.” – Rodolfo Peon

33. “People judge you on your performance, so focus on the outcome. Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.” – Steve Jobs

34. “Information and action combined are indestructible.” – Ben Tolosa

35. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” – Aristotle

36. “Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

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Take Action Quotes

37. “Dream big, start small, but most of all, start.” – Simon Sinek

38. “Stop looking at what you don’t have and start using what you do have. Stop living in a fantasy world and create the life you want to live by taking action.” – Sope Agbelusi

39. “Never do today what you can do tomorrow. Something may occur to make you regret your premature action.” – Aaron Burr

40. “Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success.” – Shiv Khera

41. “Action is the antidote to despair.” – Joan Baez

42. “Don’t wait for being completely ready for the plans and ideas you may have in mind. Take action now and along the way you will learn and become ready.” – Farshad Asl

43. “The time for action is now. It’s never too late to do something.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

44. “Action cures fear, inaction creates terror.” – Douglas Horton

45. “Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you are ready or not, to put the plan into action.” – Napoleon Hill

46. “Doubt can only be removed by action.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

47. “Stop complaining and do something… Shut up! Rise up! Grow up! And show up! See you at the top!” –  Israelmore Ayivor

48. “A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement.” – Bo Bennett

49. “The superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions.” – Confucius

50. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu

51. “Your genuine action will explain itself, and will explain your other genuine actions. Your conformity explains nothing.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

52. “The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of the noblest.” – Carlyle

53. “Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” – Thomas Jefferson

53. “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney

54. “Take action! An inch of movement will bring you closer to your goals than a mile of action.” – Steve Maraboli

55. “Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.” – Oscar Wilde

56. “Goals help you channel your energy into action.” – Les Brown

57. “Thoughts do more. Words to much. Actions do much more.” – Israelmore Ayivor

58. “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Wishing is not enough; we must do.” – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

59. “For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.” – Henri Frederic Amiel

60. “Each individual is solely responsible for his or her own actions, and every action will produce a reaction equal in every way to the suitability of the action.” – Mary T. Brown,

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