1,853 Quotes About Actions

Enjoy good moments while they last, then make sure they're not the last

By doing ordinary actions efficiently you will become the best among ordinary, but you will not be an extraordinary.

If you are a Buddhist, inspire yourself by thinking of the bodhisattva. If you are a Christian, think of the Christ, who came not to be served by others but to serve them in joy, in peace, and in generosity. For these things, these are not mere words, but acts, which go all the way, right up to their last breath. Even their death is a gift, and resurrection is born from this kind of death. (157)

The universe doesn’t give you what you ask for with your thoughts - it gives you what you demand with your actions.

Thoughts do more. Words to much. Actions do much more.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

Nostalgia is a necessary thing, I believe, and a way for all of us to find peace in that which we have accomplished, or even failed to accomplish. At the same time, if nostalgia precipitates actions to return to that fabled, rosy-painted time, particularly in one who believes his life to be a failure, then it is an empty thing, doomed to produce nothing but frustration and an even greater sense of failure.

Let your words be petty and actions plenty!

There are three categories of people exist in the world; “the wanters”, “the wishers” and “the makers.