Top 200 Taking Action Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Cut your excuses in half and double your actions around your goals.”

— Robin S. Sharma

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

2. “A dream written down with a date becomes a goal. A goal broken down into steps becomes a plan. A plan backed by action makes your dreams come true.”

— Greg Reid

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Startup Quotes, Goal Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Powerful Motivational Quotes

3. “Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”

— Barack Obama

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Leadership Quotes, Change Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Empowering Quotes

4. “Action will destroy your procrastination.”

— Og Mandino

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

5. “Dreams don’t work unless you do.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Coaching Quotes, Personal Responsibility Quotes

6. “The most dangerous thing you can do in life is play it safe.”

— Casey Neistat

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Courage Quotes, Confidence Quotes

7. “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, Action Quotes, Empowering Quotes

8. “Hustle is the most important word – EVER.”

— Gary Vaynerchuk

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success

9. “You can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

10. “Daily ripples of excellence over time become a tsunami of success.”

— Robin S. Sharma

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

11. “Set your target and keep trying until you reach it.”

— Napoleon Hill

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Goal Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes

12. “If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes – then learn how to do it later!”

— Richard Branson

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Action Quotes, Opportunity Quotes

13. “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.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes, Change Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes

14. “You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Leadership Quotes, Change Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes

15. “It isn’t enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.”

— Tim Ferriss

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Quotes About Thinking, Productivity Quotes

16. “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Also featured in: Interesting Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Peace Quotes

17. “Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.”

— Simone de Beauvoir

Also featured in: Change Quotes, Transformation Quotes, Choices Quotes, Future Quotes

18. “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”

— Dr. Seuss

Also featured in: Change Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Make A Difference Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes

19. “Your ability to discipline yourself to set clear goals, and then to work toward them every day, will do more to guarantee your success than any other single factor.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Goal Quotes, Discipline Quotes, Empowering Quotes

20. “Start going the extra mile and opportunity will follow you.”

— Napoleon Hill

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Opportunity Quotes

21. “No excuses. Just do the work.”

— Shalane Flanagan

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Winning Quotes

22. “If you talk about it, it’s a dream, if you envision it, it’s possible, but if you schedule it, it’s real.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Business Quotes, Optimistic Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Coaching Quotes

23. “Time is your most precious resource; make every minute count.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Time Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Work

24. “The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Failure Quotes, Opportunity Quotes

25. “Remember: we all get what we tolerate. So stop tolerating excuses within yourself, limiting beliefs of the past, or half-assed or fearful states.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Change Quotes, Psychology Quotes, Transformation Quotes

26. “Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.”

— W. Clement Stone

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Winning Quotes, Thursday Motivational Quotes, Risk-Taking Quotes

27. “One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.”

— John F. Kennedy

Also featured in: Make A Difference Quotes, Changing the World Quotes, Personal Responsibility Quotes, Helping Others Quotes

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

— Anne Frank

Also featured in: Positivity Quotes, Optimistic Quotes, Short Positive Quotes, Helping Others Quotes

29. “Start before you’re ready.”

— Steven Pressfield

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Goal Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Opportunity Quotes

30. “Wake up! No one is going to save you. No one is going to take care of your family or your retirement. No one is going to “make things” work out for you. The only way to do so is to utilize every moment of every day at 10X levels.”

— Grant Cardone

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Wealth Quotes, Financial Success Quotes, Personal Responsibility Quotes

31. “Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you’re a man, you take it.”

— Malcolm X

Also featured in: Hard Hitting Quotes, Empowerment Quotes, Resistance Quotes, Fighting Quotes

32. “One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.”

— Malala Yousafzai

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Education Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Short Positive Quotes, Study Quotes

33. “The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways: the point, however, is to change it.”

— Karl Marx

Also featured in: Change Quotes, Transformation Quotes, Changing the World Quotes, Struggle Quotes

34. “My dreams are worthless, my plans are dust, my goals are impossible. All are of no value unless they are followed by action.”

— Og Mandino

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Fulfillment Quotes, Goal Setting Quotes

35. “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.”

— Desmond Tutu

Also featured in: Morality Quotes, Meaningful Quotes, Challenges Quotes, Peace Quotes

36. “Personal power is the ability to take action.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Motivational Work Quotes, Coaching Quotes, Effort Quotes, Empowerment Quotes

37. “Think about it: What’s the worst thing that can happen to you if you just totally go for it?”

— Grant Cardone

Also featured in: Live Life Quotes, Opportunity Quotes, Quotes About Trying, Risk-Taking Quotes

38. “Model the behavior you wish more people would display. Lead first.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Inspirational Business Quotes, Sunday Inspirational Quotes, Influence Quotes

39. “From the bodybuilding days on, I learned that everything is reps and mileage. The more miles you ski, the better a skier you become; the more reps you do, the better your body. I'm a big believer in hard work, grinding it out, and not stopping until it's done, so the challenge appealed to me.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Dedication Quotes, Work Ethic Quotes

40. “You can’t read about push ups. You gotta do them.”

— Gary Vaynerchuk

Also featured in: Experience Quotes, Quotes About Trying, Fitness Quotes

41. “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Also featured in: Resistance Quotes, Fighting Quotes, Powerful Quotes, Responsibility Quotes

42. “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.”

— Amelia Earhart

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes for Women, Motivational Quotes About Life, Choices Quotes, Commitment Quotes

43. “Move fast. A sense of urgency is the one thing you can develop that will separate you from everyone else. When you get a good idea, do it now.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Time Quotes, Inspirational Business Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes

44. “If you want to be successful, you have to jump, there’s no way around it. When you jump, I can assure you that your parachute will not open right away. But if you do not jump, your parachute will never open. If you’re safe, you’ll never soar!”

— Steve Harvey

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Commitment Quotes, Overcoming Fear Quotes, Greatness Quotes

45. “There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

Also featured in: Integrity Quotes, Changing the World Quotes, Values Quotes

46. “Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

— Guy Kawasaki

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Startup Quotes

47. “The activity you’re most avoiding contains your biggest opportunity.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Opportunity Quotes, Performance Quotes

48. “Successful people don’t have fewer problems. They have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward.”

— Ben Carson

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Challenges Quotes, Determination Quotes

49. “Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.”

— John F. Kennedy

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Courage Quotes, Failure Quotes, Achievement Quotes

50. “Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”

— Sun Tzu

Also featured in: Strategy Quotes, Warrior Quotes, Fighting Quotes