Strike with Decisive Action Quotes
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“While most are dreaming of success, winners wake up and work hard to achieve it.”
“The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.”
“The distance is nothing; it's only the first step that is difficult.”
“The value of an idea lies in the using of it.”
“Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.”
“Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see further.”
“Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.”
“The greatest amount of wasted time is the time not getting started.”
“You are what you do, not what you say you'll do.”
“Any time is a good time to start a company.”
“The biggest gap in your life is that between what you know and what you do.”
“The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.”
“Start before you're ready.”
“Speed is the currency of the future.”
“However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act upon them?”
“By thought, the thing you want is brought to you. By action, you receive it.”
“Dream big. Start small. Act now.”
“Forget yourself and start to work.”
“Action is the real measure of intelligence.”
“Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.”
“Every accomplishment starts with a decision to try.”
“What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do.”
“The future starts today, not tomorrow.”
“All glory comes from daring to begin.”
“Action eliminates doubt.”
“The chief condition on which life, health, and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.”
“If you have a dream, don't just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality.”
“If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done.”
“Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.”
“Never procrastinate. Just get it done right away. I execute on any feedback I get right away. That way, the work never piles up.”
“Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.”
“The world no longer rewards people just for what they know; it rewards them for what they can do with what they know.”
“The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.”
“You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.”
“The longer you wait for the future, the shorter it will be.”
“Well begun is half done.”
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”
“The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately.”
“You write your first draft with your heart and you rewrite with your head. The first key to writing is to write, not to think.”
“The best way of learning about anything is by doing”
“Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway.”
“Success comes on when you act on what you know and believe.”
“The universe rewards the decisive.”
“It doesn't have to be perfect. It just has to work.”
“The path to success is to take massive, determined action.”
“Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast.”
“Ideas are easy. Execution is everything.”
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”
“Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.”
“Knowledge without action is meaningless.”
“Some people dream of great accomplishments, while others stay awake and do them.”
“Never mistake motion for action.”
“The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will'. Consider nothing impossible then treat possibilities as probabilities.”
“So many fail because they don't get started.”
“You could have a million ideas, but they're all worthless if you don't get them done.”
“The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.”
“Life is not a dress rehearsal. Stop practicing what you're going to do and just go do it. In one bold stroke you can transform today.”
“It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.”
“Speed is a habit.”
“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
“He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.”
“Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.”
“The future never enters the present as a finished product.”
“The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.”
“When you do what you can, the universe will do what you can't.”
“Keep on going, and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you least expect it. I never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.”
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”
“Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!”
“Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets.”
“Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.”
“Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.”
“The universe doesn't give you what you ask for with your thoughts - it gives you what you demand with your actions.”
“The merit in action lies in finishing it to the end.”
“Finished crap can be edited. Unfinished greatness languishes forever. The only bad writing is the thing you didn't write!”
“You have to act and act now”
“Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.”
“Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”
“One today is worth two tomorrows.”
“To change one's life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. No exceptions.”
“Everyone should pull their finger out and start a business and to believe in themselves. Anyone can make a fortune. But most people don't go out and try. They just stand in the pub and complain.”
“An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.”
“Someday is not a day of the week.”
“Without initiative leaders are simply workers in leadership positions.”
“If more information was the answer, then we'd all be billionaires with perfect abs.”
“I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.”
“I dream of men who take the next step instead of worrying about the next thousand steps.”
“Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.”
“The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.”
“Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough”
“The hardest thing about getting started, is getting started.”
“Just do it.”
“Step by step and the thing is done.”
“Do noble things, do not dream them all day long.”
“Never leave the site of a strong idea without doing something to execute around it.”
“Reading is faster than listening. Doing is faster than watching.”
“Life is fragile. We’re not guaranteed a tomorrow, so give it everything you’ve got”
“If your ship hasn't come in, swim out to it.”
“Do the obvious when you should obviously do it.”
“Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought.”
“Do not 'tell' the world what you can do - 'show' it!”
“The secret to getting ahead is getting started.”
“The best way to get something done is to begin.”
“Don't mistake movement for achievement.”
“Never hit if you can help it, but when you have to, hit hard. Never hit soft. You'll never get any thanks for hitting soft.”
“Well done is better than well said.”
“Those who let things happen usually lose to those who make things happen.”
“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.”
“There are only two options regarding commitment. You're either IN or you're OUT. There is no such thing as life in-between.”
“Manifestation without action is only a wish.”
“If you genuinely want something, don't wait for it: teach yourself to be impatient.”
“You are alive today, and no matter what your condition, make a mark here and now. Opportunity is at every moment, seizing it is pleasure.”
“Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.”
“People don't take opportunities because the timing is bad, the financial side unsecure. Too many people are overanalyzing. Sometimes you just have to go for it.”
“You can't be something great without doing something great.”
“Success doesn't necessarily come from breakthrough innovation but from flawless execution. A great strategy alone won't win a game or a battle; the win comes from basic blocking and tackling.”
“Success will be within your reach only when you start reaching out for it.”
“The hardest thing to do is start”
“The most effective way to do it is to do it.”
“Start a business while you are young. You have few commitments and are used to living off Ramen Noodles.”
“This feeling of when I'm ready, deep in your heart you know it, and all the rest of it is just making excuses.”
“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.”
“Don't take too much advice. Most people who have a lot of advice to give generalize whatever they did. Don't over-analyze everything. Just build things and find out if they work.”
“Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.”
“An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied.”
“You can choose to live an extraordinary life today, or you can keep waiting for the perfect time.”
“Ideas are worth nothing unless backed by application. The smallest of implementations is always worth more than the grandest of intentions.”
“It's not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know.”
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act; the rest is mere tenacity. The process is its own reward.”
“Life is short, fragile, and does not wait for anyone. There will never be a perfect time to pursue your dreams and goals.”
“Knowledge is not power. Applied knowledge is power.”
“Men of action are favored by the Goddess of luck.”
“The act of taking the first step is what separates the winners from the losers.”
“It is always your next move.”
“Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.”
“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”
“Don't wait for something big to occur. Start where you are, with what you have, and that will always lead you into something greater.”
“Someday is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you. If it's important to you and you want to do it eventually, just do it and correct course along the way.”
“Your future starts with today's actions.”
“Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.”
“You don't need endless time and perfect conditions. Do it now. Do it today. Do it for twenty minutes and watch your heart start beating.”
“Don't wait. The time will never be just right.”
“You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.”
“Perfect is the enemy of done.”
“Action is the antidote to despair.”
“Action is eloquence.”
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
“All men of action are dreamers.”
“Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.”
“My advice for anyone thinking of starting their own business is, above all, don't wait. If you get an idea in the shower in the morning, try to make it the next day.”
“Now is the watchword of the wise.”
“If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.”
“A year from now you may wish you had started today.”
“I find it best to dive right in and learn the hard way.”
“Don't loaf and invite inspiration; light out after it with a club, and if you don't get it you will nonetheless get something that looks remarkably like it.”
“What you do has far greater impact than what you say.”
“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.”
“Do the next thing.”
“Only begin and then the mind grows heated. Only begin and the task will be completed.”
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.”
“Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident, and more and more successful.”
“Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.”
“Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.”
“Successful leaders have the courage to take action where others hesitate.”
“Life is like a game of chess. To win, you have to make a move.”
“Manifestation is not just about wishing for something; it requires taking inspired action.”
“Enlightened trial and error outperforms the planning of flawless intellects.”
“It's not about ideas. It's about making ideas happen.”
“You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.”
“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.”
“The men who act without thinking, and the men who both think and act, are the ones who mould the world. The man who thinks and does not act never moulds the world.”
“Things may come to those who wait, but only what's left by those who hustle.”
“Procrastination is a deadly enemy of all who would become leaders in any undertaking.”
“You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.”
“The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps we must step up the stairs.”
“If you're interested in the living heart of what you do, focus on building things rather than talking about them.”
“The universe likes SPEED. Don't delay, don't second-guess, don't doubt. When the opportunity or impulse is there... ACT.”
“Shun idleness. It is a rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant of metals.”
“If you have a task, do it at once.”
“Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.”
“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”
“Companies rarely die from moving too fast, and they frequently die from moving too slowly.”
“Right action is better than knowledge; but in order to do what is right, we must know what is right.”
“The only cure for grief is action.”
“Done is better than perfect.”
“A hard thing is done by figuring out how to start.”
“If there's something you want to build, but the tech isn't there yet, just find the closest possible way to make it happen.”
“The smallest deed is far superior to the grandest intention.”
“You can't plan for everything or you never get started in the first place.”
“Don't justify your dreams, execute on them.”
“The earlier you start, the more time you have to mess up.”
“Nothing happens until something moves.”
“I never went to fashion school - I just learned by doing”
“The great end of life is not knowledge but action.”
“They tell you: Follow your dreams. Dream and dream big. And while they are busy dreaming, the really happy people, the really successful people, the really interesting, powerful, engaged people, are busy doing.”
“Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future. Act now, without delay.”
“Either move or be moved.”
“Take action. Learn as you go.”
“Do not wait for the perfect moment. Take the moment and make it perfect.”
“If all you can do is crawl, start crawling.”
“The future depends on what you do today.”
“There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long-range risks of comfortable inaction.”
“Light tomorrow's fire with today.”
“The shortest answer is doing the thing.”
“A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.”
“Do it now. Sometimes 'later' becomes 'never.'”
“Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.”
“A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.”
“Do, or do not. There is no try.”
“In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard.”
“Whatever you do or dream you can do - begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.”
“We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.”
“The key to success is action, and the essential in action is perseverance.”
“A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.”
“Today, not starting is far, far worse than being wrong. If you start, you've got a shot at evolving and adjusting to turn your wrong into a right. But if you don't start, you never get a chance.”
“Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation, even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.”
“The trouble is, you think you have time.”
“We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.”
“Imagination means nothing without doing.”
“Never leave till tomorrow that which you can do today.”
“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.”
“You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”
“I truly believe in vocational training. There are job opportunities in a lot of fields that don't require a four-year degree. Just put the business plan together, and just get started. Start small and make it work.”
“If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.”
“If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.”
“Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.”
“While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.”
“If you want to change your future, you have to work on it today.”
“There's no shortage of remarkable ideas, what's missing is the will to execute them.”
“Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don't be afraid to take that first step.”
“Entrepreneurs don't ask permission, they just get on with it.”
“If not you, then who? If not now, then when?”
“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.”
“We write tomorrow's headlines today.”
“You may delay, but time will not.”
“Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.”
“Make it happen now, not tomorrow. Tomorrow is a loser's excuse.”
“Delay is the deadliest form of denial.”
“The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of a mistake.”
“Action cures fear.”
“While we had no experience and no mentors and no product and no money and no network, we had one good idea. And that was enough to get started.”
“If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.”
“Knowledge without follow-through is worse than no knowledge.”
“Transformation is not a future event; it's a present-day activity.”
“Execution really shapes whether your company takes off or not. A lot of people start out with an exciting thing and they want to take over the world, but really the people who do take over the world have a good plan of how to get there and the steps along the way.”
“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.”
“Don't wait for perfection. Life isn't perfect. Do the best you can and ship. Real people ship, and then they test and then they ship again. Then you wake up one day and you have something insanely great.”
“In any situation, the best thing you can do is the right thing; the next best thing you can do is the wrong thing; the worst thing you can do is nothing.”
“Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.”
“The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.”
“Action is the foundational key to all success.”
“A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.”
“Talk is cheap. Show me the code.”
“Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”
“Don't tell people your dreams. Show them.”
“To any entrepreneur: If you want to do it, do it now. If you don't, you're going to regret it.”
“The beginning is the most important part of the work.”
