Action and
Motivation Quotes

Small Deeds Done are Better than Large Deeds Planned

“Nothing happens until something moves.”
– Albert Einstein

Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see to late the one that is open.
– Alexander Graham Bell

Perfect is often the enemy of good.

Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.
– Og Mandino

Whatever is not growing is dying

You’ve got to be before you can do, and do before you can have.

“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”
– John Wooden

It's not how much you do, or how fast you do it, as long as you KEEP MOVING FORWARD!

“Well done is better than well said.”
- Benjamin Franklin

“All mankind falls into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.”
- Benjamin Franklin

“Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand and I will move the entire earth.”
- Archimedes (C. 287-212 B.C.)

“Until one is committed there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation) there is always one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favour all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way.”
– W.H. Murray

“Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.”
- Goethe

“Eighty percent of success is showing up.”
- Woody Allen

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
- Zig Ziglar