Top 200 Action Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Words may inspire but only action creates change.”

— Simon Sinek

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2. “Ideas without action are useless.”

— Helen Keller

Also featured in: Quotes About Ideas

3. “Knowledge is NOT power. Knowledge is only POTENTIAL power. Action is power.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Motivational Work Quotes, Taking Action Quotes, Self-Empowerment Quotes

4. “Action will destroy your procrastination.”

— Og Mandino

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes

5. “Never lower your target ; increase your actions.”

— Grant Cardone

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes

6. “Happy people plan actions, they don’t plan results.”

— Denis Waitley

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Short Positive Quotes, Feel Good Quotes, Clever Quotes

7. “Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.”

— Dale Carnegie

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Professional Growth Quotes, Taking Action Quotes

8. “Knowing is not enough! You must take action.”

— Tony Robbins

9. “It isn’t what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.”

— Jane Austen

Also featured in: Character Quotes, Actions Speak Louder Than Words Quotes

10. “Your attitude determines your actions, and your actions determine your accomplishment.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Leadership Quotes, Attitude Quotes

11. “Motivation is motive in action.”

— Denis Waitley

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes for Work, Encouragement Quotes, Performance Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes

12. “Successful people are action oriented.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes for Work, Winning Quotes, Professional Growth Quotes

13. “Attitude drives actions. Actions drive results. Results drive lifestyles.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Attitude Quotes, Positivity Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work

14. “Action without planning is the cause of all failure. Action with planning is the cause of all success.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Prosperity Quotes, Strategy Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes

15. “Passion is the genesis of genius.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Passion Quotes, Genius Quotes

16. “Listen to me. We’re here to make a dent in the universe. Otherwise why even be here?”

— Steve Jobs

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Goal Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work

17. “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

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Change Quotes

18. “Commit to “CAN I!” – Constant And Never-Ending Improvement.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Work, Empowering Quotes

19. “Setting goals helps bring your future into your present and the present is the only time we can take action.”

— Zig Ziglar

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Optimistic Quotes

20. “Compassion is an action word with no boundaries.”

— Prince

Also featured in: Compassion Quotes

21. “Winners take imperfect action while losers are still perfecting the plan.”

— Tony Robbins

22. “Do it, and then you will feel motivated to do it.”

— Zig Ziglar

Also featured in: Powerful Motivational Quotes, Feel Good Quotes, Good Morning Inspirational Quotes

23. “Hoping drains your energy. Action creates energy.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

Also featured in: Taking Action Quotes, Quotes About Acting, Energy Quotes

24. “Doubt is only removed by action. If you’re not working then that’s when doubt comes in.”

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Art Quotes

25. “The most important actions are never comfortable.”

— Tim Ferriss

Also featured in: Taking Action Quotes, Important Quotes

26. “Your words will tell others what you think. Your actions will tell them what you believe.”

— T.D. Jakes

Also featured in: Christian Motivational Quotes, Values Quotes, Good Morning Inspirational Quotes, Quotes About Thinking

27. “When every action has a purpose, every action has a result.”

— Greg Plitt

Also featured in: Short Quotes, Purpose Quotes, Work Hard Quotes

28. “The greatest happiness is to transform one’s feelings into action.”

— Madame de Stael

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Quotes About Feelings

29. “When your every thought and your every action is directed to your ultimate life goals, you become unstoppable and assured of great success and happiness.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Winning Quotes

30. “Knowledge is only potential power. It becomes power only when, and if, it is organized into definite plans of action, and directed to a definite end.”

— Napoleon Hill

Also featured in: Prosperity Quotes, Taking Action Quotes, Career Development Quotes

31. “I don’t stop when I’m tired. I stop when I’m done.”

— David Goggins

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Focus Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Discipline Quotes

32. “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.”

— Bruce Lee

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Focus Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success

33. “I knew that if I failed I wouldn’t regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.”

— Jeff Bezos

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Business Quotes, Goal Quotes

34. “You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be.”

— Napoleon Hill

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Positive Quotes, Success Quotes, Business Quotes

35. “Well done is better than well said.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

36. “Action without thought is mindlessness, and thought without action is hypocritical.”

— Ayn Rand

Also featured in: Humor Quotes

37. “Waiting for perfect is never as smart as making progress.”

— Seth Godin

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Business Quotes, Goal Quotes, Change Quotes

38. “If you don’t like how things are, change it. You are not a tree. ”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Change Quotes, Opportunity Quotes, Mindset Quotes

39. “You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Change Quotes, Empowering Quotes

40. “What’s the ONE Thing you can do such that by doing it everything else will be easier or unnecessary?”

— Gary W. Keller

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Taking Action Quotes, Self-Empowerment Quotes

41. “Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Life Quotes, Famous Quotes

42. “I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.”

— Leonardo da Vinci

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Interesting Quotes, Meaningful Quotes

43. “Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.”

— George S. Patton Jr.

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Goal Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Winning Quotes

44. “There is no excuse for not trying.”

— Barack Obama

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life

45. “I'll be back.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Also featured in: Famous Quotes, Short Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes

46. “What you do has far greater impact than what you say.”

— Stephen R. Covey

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success

47. “Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.”

— William Arthur Ward

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Education Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes

48. “The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred with dust and sweat; who strives valiantly; who errs and may fall again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Leadership Quotes, Persistence Quotes

49. “Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity.”

— Abu Bakr

Also featured in: Adversity Quotes

50. “When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.”

— Napoleon Hill

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Failure Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes