Motivational Action Quotes & Sayings

Stop allowing your day-to-day life to be clouded by busy nothingness. — Steve Maraboli

The Western conception of the person as a bounded, unique, more or less integrated motivational and cognitive universe, a dynamic center of awareness, emotion, judgment, and action organized into a distinctive whole and set contrastively both against other such wholes and against its social and natural background, is, however incorrigible it may seem to us, a rather peculiar idea within the context of the world's cultures. — Jonathan Haidt

I don't believe in failure. Whenever you take action and do something, irrespective of the outcome, you have succeeded by simply doing and trying. The universe rewards action. So believe in yourself and do whatever it is you want to do. — Miya Yamanouchi

Let today be the day you stop being haunted by the ghost of yesterday. Holding a grudge & harboring anger/resentment is poison to the soul. Get even with people ... but not those who have hurt us, forget them, instead get even with those who have helped us. — Steve Maraboli

Too much action with too little intent makes for wasteful exertion of energy and the confusion between movement and progress. — Steve Maraboli

It's not your end goal that gives life to your required actions, it's your required actions that give life to your end goal. — Anonymous

I don't want to grow old thinking 'what if I had done...'. I avoid the 'should have's' and take ACTION. — Rachel Smets

You can say you love someone - but unless you demonstrate that love through your actions, your words become meaningless. — Stephen Covey

Put your thoughts into action and see how your life changes. — Satyendra Pandey

Through the topic of motivation, we begin to see the mental trilogy in action. A mind is not, as cognitive science has traditionally suggested, just a thinking device. It's an integrated system that includes, in the broadest possible terms, synaptic networks devoted to cognitive, emotional, and motivational functions. More important, it involves interactions between networks involved in different aspects of mental life. — Joseph E. Ledoux

We gain internal freedom through external actions. — Ram Dass

Live Today! Do not allow your spirit to be softened of your happiness to be limited by a day you cannot have back or a day that does not yet exist. — Steve Maraboli

Let your action manifest your thought, your belief and your passion. — Mohammed Ali Bapir

Principle comes first; action thereafter. — Todd Stocker

To spend your time wanting things is to smother your time for achieving things beyond your expectations. — Criss Jami

Just an observation: it is impossible to be both grateful and depressed. Those with a grateful mindset tend to see the message in the mess. And even though life may knock them down, the grateful find reasons, if even small ones, to get up. — Steve Maraboli

You are conditioned to believe that if you let go, if you surrender, you will either be a victim of circumstances and not assertive in your own being, or you will be viewed as being lazy, lacking in willpower, and un-motivated.

Yet will and power cannot exist alongside one another. Motivation does not come into question when you surrender fully into the present moment. Motivation to do, to take action, to make moves, comes naturally from this surrender. — Kelly Martin

Get out of your own way ... stop the paralysis by analysis ... decide what you want, create a simple plan, and get moving! — Steve Maraboli

These three things give meaning to life: dreams and aspirations which inspires confidence and direct actions and steps in the day, a person's ability to not just look but see distinctively, and a real and robust action with tenacity which make dreams realities. So many people sleep and they only sleep! So many people wake up and they don't see anything in the day from dawn to dusk! When you close your eyes, dream! When you open your eyes, see! When you take a step, take a definite action with the right attitude! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

It is important that when we make a resolution, or establish a goal, that we take the ACTION necessary to accomplish that goal. — Steve Maraboli

Your dream is a reality that is waiting for you to materialize. Today is a new day! Don't let your history interfere with your destiny! Learn from your past so that it can empower your present and propel you to greatness — Steve Maraboli

You have had a dream for so many years. Let today be the day you make a plan for it. Just think about how much more likely you are to hit your target when you finally aim at it. — Steve Maraboli

The most gratifying action plan that one can conceive is one that others deem unattainable only to be proven wrong. — Mark W. Boyer

The world is very beautiful and very wonderful. Life can be very easy when love is your way of life. You can be loving all the time. This is your choice. You may not have a reason to love, but you can love because to love makes you so happy. Love in action only produces happiness. Love will give you inner peace. It will change your perception of everything. — Miguel Angel Ruiz

We can't continuously be a society of well-wishers. We must take action to bring those wishes to fruition. — Steve Maraboli

Ideas without action are worthless. — Harvey MacKay

Faith is never blind when others see it in our actions. — Charles F. Glassman

Action is the means through which the intangible becomes tangible. — Eleesha

We put great expectations on our tomorrows when we truly need to rely on ourselves. Far too many overlook personal action, as a means to get things done. Blame is easily passed if one does not hold themselves accountable. — Jay Long

It's not about what I SEE for our future, or humanity; It's about what I DO for our future and humanity. — Steve Maraboli

Always Remember to take your Vitamins: Take your Vitamin A for ACTION, Vitamin B for Belief, Vitamin C for Confidence ,Vitamin D for Discipline, Vitamin E for Enthusiasm!! — Pablo

Sometimes life knocks you on your ass ... get up, get up, get up!!! Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them. — Steve Maraboli

Staying motivated in business is really less about what you hear and think, and more about what you do and achieve. — Kevin J. Donaldson

I know I don't know you all that well, but I honestly believe you can live a magical life, no matter what your
situation is just now.

How do I know this?

Well, I believe in the power of the mind, and because of that I totally believe in you.

I know, 100%, that you can have the life you want, and all you need is belief in yourself, and the motivation to take action to get what you want without
giving up. — Steven Aitchison

When you establish a destination by defining what you want, then take physical action by making choices that move you towards that destination, the possibility for success is limitless and arrival at the destination is inevitable. — Steve Maraboli

If you don't know exactly where you're going, how will you know when you get there? — Steve Maraboli

Renew, release, let go. Yesterday's gone. There's nothing you can do to bring it back. You can't "should've" done something. You can only DO something. Renew yourself. Release that attachment. Today is a new day! — Steve Maraboli

Take too much time, and time will take you. — Lisa Kleypas

Inspiration gives you energy, courage puts you in action. — Amit Kalantri

Are you a dreamer or a doer? Hopefully you are both because a dream with no action is just a dream and a plan with no ending goal is senseless direction. Follow and accomplish your dreams with a plan of action! — Augusta DeJuan Hathaway

Today is yours to shape. Create a masterpiece! — Steve Maraboli

Accept people and situations as they are in life and then take action. The moment you do this, you'll see you are out of the confusion about anything in life. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

The important task rarely must be done today, or even this week ... But the urgent task calls for instant action ... The momentary appeal of these tasks seems irresistible and important, and they devour our energy. But in the light of time's perspective, their deceptive prominence fades; with a sense of loss we recall the vital tasks we pushed aside. We realize we've become slaves to the tyranny of the urgent. — Charles Hummel

You can't just wish change; you have to live the change in order for it to become a reality. — Steve Maraboli

Doing your best is taking the action because you love it, not because you're expecting a reward. Most people do the exact opposite: They only take action when they expect a reward, and they don't enjoy the action. And that's the reason why they don't do their best. — Miguel Angel Ruiz

There is great change to be experienced once you learn the power of letting go. Stop allowing anyone or anything to control, limit, repress, or discourage you from being your true self! Today is YOURS to shape - own it - break free from people and things that poison or dilute your spirit. — Steve Maraboli

One of the greatest handicaps is to fear a mistake. You have stopped yourself. You have to move freely into the arena, not just to wait for the perfect situation, the perfect moment ... If you have to make a mistake, it's better to make a mistake of action than one of inaction. If I had the opportunity again, I would take chances. — Federico Fellini

Change is in the air. This change reminds us that we are made and beautifully sculpted by the same power that orchestrates the change of season. Let this be the season you embrace and align yourself with this change. — Steve Maraboli

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life. — H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Today, many will choose to live free of conditions and rules governing their own happiness. Why not you? Do not let another day go by where your dedication to other people's opinions is greater than your dedication to your own emotions! Today's a new day! — Steve Maraboli

One of the most spiritual things you can do is embrace your humanity. Connect with those around you today. Say, "I love you", "I'm sorry", "I appreciate you", "I'm proud of you" ... whatever you're feeling. Send random texts, write a cute note, embrace your truth and share it ... cause a smile today for someone else ... and give plenty of hugs. — Steve Maraboli

A recipe for success. Think, do. Repeat as needed. — Rob Liano

Faith is the poetry of our dreams; action is the builder of our reality. — Steve Maraboli

Your action plan is what you use to turn your dream into reality. — Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

Procrastination can be driven from your personality through the simple technique of constantly commanding yourself to get into action ... and then obeying that command immediately. — Og Mandino

The word "seek" is a verb. Are you treating it as such in your life? If you seek change, success, or love, DO it - BE it! — Steve Maraboli

Change your language, change your mindset, change your actions, change your life — Danny Stone

Live your vision and demand your success. — Steve Maraboli

You cannot do it unless you do it — Anonymous

"You will accomplish a lot more with movement than you will with motivation." So MOVE. Create action. Make plans and stick to them. But above all: Cut Out The Input, And Begin The Output ... — Fernando Cruz

Let today be the day you stop having conflict between your actions and your goals and finally align your greatest intent with your purposeful actions, creating a universal symphony serenading your success! — Steve Maraboli

Intentions do not insulate us from the consequences of our actions. — Jon D Harrison

While spirituality provides an efficient and endless fuel for your mind and body, you must burn that fuel with human action towards your goals, dreams, and desires. — Steve Maraboli

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Let today be the day that you become committed in being, in doing, in getting, achieving, in experiencing. Let today be the day that you are committed to being the change you wish to see and living the life you wish to live. — Steve Maraboli

The purpose of fear is to raise your awareness not to stop your progress. — Steve Maraboli

Many of us knock on the door but remain outside, because knocking and entering are entirely different actions. Knocking is necessary, consisting of reading books, attending meetings, asking questions. But entrance requires much bolder action. It requires one to enter into himself, to uncover hidden motives, to see contradictions, and to realize his actual power for self-change. — Vernon Howard

Action cures fear. Indecision, postponement, on the other hand, fuel fear. — David J. Schwartz

You can keep pondering on which thing to do first or which path to take or by simply taking action now of most any kind, you may just find yourself on the way to where you most needed to go. — April Bryan

Make the choice to embrace this day. Do not let your TODAY be stolen by the ghost of yesterday or the "To-Do" list of tomorrow! It's inspiring to see all the wonderfully amazing things that can happen in a day in which you participate. — Steve Maraboli

Pull the trigger. — Troy Rawlings

The more you learn the biology behind your every action, emotion and behavior, the better you become at accepting others the way they are. — Abhijit Naskar

What unleashes action is an individual's willingness to make mistakes - even to look foolish or stupid. — Robert Ringer

Entrepreneurs don't ask for permission. They act per a mission. — Ryan Lilly

Time changes therefore think about the changing times. You shall always have time to think about the time for your plans and you shall always plan your lifetime. Plans can change the meaning of time and time can change the real meaning and essence of plans. Time is mutable so plan your time and time your plans for time changes — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil. — Swami Vivekananda

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster. — Theodore Roosevelt

True and lasting motivation can't, unfortunately, come from outside. It must arise from a very deep place within us. This life-changing motivation verily forces its way out of us, demanding that we take action. That is the motivation that propels people to monumental acts of courage, willpower, perseverance, and, ultimately, change. — Jim Taylor

Exercising will builds esteem from within through action on one's own behalf; it disproves the premise that only another person can provide it. The result, long in coming and always worth the effort, is the experience of authentic agency in your own life, a sense of self that cannot be destroyed because it is not dependent on anyone else. — Jeanne Safer

Action is the universal language of success. — Steve Maraboli

People who lack the clarity, courage, or determination to follow their own dreams will often find ways to discourage yours. When you change for the better, the people around you will be inspired to change also ... but only after doing their best to make you stop. Live your truth and don't EVER stop. — Steve Maraboli

Today is a new day. Don't let your history interfere with your destiny! Let today be the day you stop being a victim of your circumstances and start taking action towards the life you want. You have the power and the time to shape your life. Break free from the poisonous victim mentality and embrace the truth of your greatness. You were not meant for a mundane or mediocre life! — Steve Maraboli

We can't undo a single thing we have ever done, but we can make decisions today that propel us to the life we want and towards the healing we need. — Steve Maraboli

Make a pact with yourself today to not be defined by your past. Sometimes the greatest thing to come out of all your hard work isn't what you get for it, but what you become for it. Shake things up today! Be You ... Be Free ... Share. — Steve Maraboli

If you want to be an action person be proactive rather than reactive ... — Stephen Richards

You've been given the innate power to shape your life ... but you cannot just speak change, you have to LIVE change. Intent paired with action builds the bridge to success. You can't just want it; you have to do it, live it ... BE it! Success isn't something you have, it's something you DO! — Steve Maraboli

On your quest to spirituality it is often required to suspend your rationality; but true spirituality asks that you enhance your rationality. — Steve Maraboli

Bad improvisers block action, often with a high degree of skill. Good improvisers develop action.(p.115) — Malcolm Gladwell

Every comforting word is a command from a man of action ...
While every word of command is commotion from a man of just words ... — Sujit Lalwani

Not matter what your sacred or religious book is, it's not how well you know the book, it's how well you're in alignment with the author. — Steve Maraboli

Action is the core of everything-7 Rituals to win forever — Anupam Jaiswal

It is our action that determines the viability of our dream. — Steve Maraboli

Understand that all emotions serve you. Those you once thought of as negative emotions are merely calls to action. For example, if you feel frustrated it means that you believe things could be better, and they're not. This is a call to action telling you there's something you must do to make this better now. This "negative" emotion is actually a gift if you use it effectively. — Tony Robbins

What really distinguishes this generation in all countries from earlier generations ... is its determination to act, its joy in action, the assurance of being able to change things by one's own efforts. — Hannah Arendt

Gratitude isn't just a feeling, it's an action. Expressing gratitude by writing in a journal, taking a photo, or shooting a video creates a lasting impression that can bring more gratitude into the world-for children and adults. — Janice Kaplan

Your complaints, your drama, your victim mentality, your whining, your blaming, and all of your excuses have NEVER gotten you even a single step closer to your goals or dreams. Let go of your nonsense. Let go of the delusion that you DESERVE better and go EARN it! Today is a new day! — Steve Maraboli

Although goals are important, having a plan of action is vital to the success of those goals. Having a goal with no plan of action is like wanting to travel to a new destination without having a map. — Steve Maraboli

The only real antidote to worry or problems is systematic, purposeful action in the direction of your goals. — Brian Tracy

Through my choices and actions, I have learned the most effective way of speaking to God is without saying a word. — Steve Maraboli

You are where you are right now because of the actions you've taken, or maybe, the inaction you've taken. — Steve Maraboli