Strike with Decisive Action Quotes

“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.”

“The best way of learning about anything is by doing”

“No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.”

“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.”

“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.”

“The universe rewards the decisive.”

“There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long-range risks of comfortable inaction.”

“The future never enters the present as a finished product.”

“Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets.”

“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.”

“Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.”

“If all you can do is crawl, start crawling.”

“Any time is a good time to start a company.”

“A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.”

“If you want to change your future, you have to work on it today.”

“While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.”

“By thought, the thing you want is brought to you. By action, you receive it.”

“If you don't produce, you won't thrive - no matter how skilled or talented you are.”

“Well begun is half done.”

“Ideas are easy. Execution is everything.”

“Do noble things, do not dream them all day long.”

“A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.”

“If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.”

“Companies rarely die from moving too fast, and they frequently die from moving too slowly.”

“Make it happen now, not tomorrow. Tomorrow is a loser's excuse.”

“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.”

“Every accomplishment starts with a decision to try.”

“Do the obvious when you should obviously do it.”

“A man only has so much knowledge as he puts to work.”

“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”

“Things may come to those who wait, but only what's left by those who hustle.”

“You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”

“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.”

“If you have a task, do it at once.”

“You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.”

“The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.”

“The hardest thing about getting started, is getting started.”

“Knowledge without follow-through is worse than no knowledge.”

“The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.”

“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.”

“If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.”

“I find it best to dive right in and learn the hard way.”

“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.”

“The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately.”

“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.”

“It's not about ideas. It's about making ideas happen.”

“Your future starts with today's actions.”

“If more information was the answer, then we'd all be billionaires with perfect abs.”

“Don't justify your dreams, execute on them.”

“If you genuinely want something, don't wait for it: teach yourself to be impatient.”

“You are what you do, not what you say you'll do.”

“There's no shortage of remarkable ideas, what's missing is the will to execute them.”

“In action, watch the timing.”

“Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.”

“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.”

“Start before you're ready.”

“It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.”

“Dream big. Start small. But most of all, start.”

“You can't plan for everything or you never get started in the first place.”

“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.”

“Success will be within your reach only when you start reaching out for it.”

“Well done is better than well said.”

“A year from now you may wish you had started today.”

“Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.”

“Either move or be moved.”

“Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.”

“Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see further.”

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”

“Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.”

“Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.”

“Step by step and the thing is done.”

“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.”

“Right action is better than knowledge; but in order to do what is right, we must know what is right.”

“The greatest amount of wasted time is the time not getting started.”

“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.”

“Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast.”

“Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.”

“Action cures fear.”

“An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.”

“Manifestation is not just about wishing for something; it requires taking inspired action.”

“It is always your next move.”

“Transformation is not a future event; it's a present-day activity.”

“Do the thing and you shall have the power.”

“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 mistake movement for achievement.”

“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.”

“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.”

“The future depends on what you do today.”

“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.”

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

“Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation, even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.”

“Never mistake motion for action.”

“So many fail because they don't get started.”

“Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.”

“Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.”

“There are only two options regarding commitment. You're either IN or you're OUT. There is no such thing as life in-between.”

“Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.”

“The key to success is action, and the essential in action is perseverance.”

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”

“The cost of being wrong is less than the cost of doing nothing.”

“In real life, strategy is actually very straightforward. You pick a general direction and implement like hell.”

“Life is like a game of chess. To win, you have to make a move.”

“Light tomorrow's fire with today.”

“One today is worth two tomorrows.”

“The future starts today, not tomorrow.”

“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.”

“Men of action are favored by the Goddess of luck.”

“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.”

“Reading is faster than listening. Doing is faster than watching.”

“The merit in action lies in finishing it to the end.”

“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness.”

“If not you, then who? If not now, then when?”

“The act of taking the first step is what separates the winners from the losers.”

“While we are postponing, life speeds by.”

“The path to success is to take massive, determined action.”

“You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.”

“The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of a mistake.”

“Pace of innovation is all that matters in the long run.”

“Do the next thing.”

“All glory comes from daring to begin.”

“Manifestation without action is only a wish.”

“The biggest gap in your life is that between what you know and what you do.”

“Entrepreneurs don't ask permission, they just get on with it.”

“It's not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know.”

“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.”

“Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.”

“Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.”

“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.”

“Concentration is the secret of strength.”

“Successful leaders have the courage to take action where others hesitate.”

“If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.”

“Genius is in the idea. Impact, however, comes from action.”

“Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.”

“You have to act and act now”

“Speed is a habit.”

“The great end of life is not knowledge but action.”

“Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.”

“You could have a million ideas, but they're all worthless if you don't get them done.”

“The most difficult thing is the decision to act; the rest is mere tenacity. The process is its own reward.”

“I dream of men who take the next step instead of worrying about the next thousand steps.”

“Action is the antidote to despair.”

“The hardest thing to do is start”

“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.”

“Take action. Learn as you go.”

“Intentions without actions are illusions.”

“The only cure for grief is action.”

“The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.”

“In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard.”

“Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.”

“To change one's life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. No exceptions.”

“When you do what you can, the universe will do what you can't.”

“It doesn't have to be perfect. It just has to work.”

“Don't tell people your dreams. Show them.”

“Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”

“Action is eloquence.”

“All men of action are dreamers.”

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”

“Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.”

“Do not wait for the perfect moment. Take the moment and make it perfect.”

“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.”

“The shortest answer is doing the thing.”

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

“Imagination means nothing without doing.”

“However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act upon them?”

“Nothing happens until something moves.”

“While most are dreaming of success, winners wake up and work hard to achieve it.”

“Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.”

“Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!”

“Never leave till tomorrow that which you can do today.”

“Now is the watchword of the wise.”

“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.”

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.”

“Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.”

“The earlier you start, the more time you have to mess up.”

“Do it now. Sometimes 'later' becomes 'never.'”

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”

“Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.”

“Success comes on when you act on what you know and believe.”

“Quickness is the essence of the war.”

“Delay is the deadliest form of denial.”

“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.”

“Forget yourself and start to work.”

“Someday is not a day of the week.”

“Talk is cheap. Show me the code.”

“The special ops guys and the firefighters around the world have this great phrase. They say, 'Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast,' and that is true. Everything I've accomplished in my life has been because of that attitude.”

“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.”

“Speed is the currency of the future.”

“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back. The moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too.”

“Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.”

“A hard thing is done by figuring out how to start.”

“Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.”

“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.”

“Put your ass where your heart wants to be.”

“The longer you wait for the future, the shorter it will be.”

“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”

“The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps we must step up the stairs.”

“One day you will wake up and there won't be any more time to do the things you've always wanted. Do it now.”

“The world no longer rewards people just for what they know; it rewards them for what they can do with what they know.”

“Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”

“Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought.”

“The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.”

“Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don't be afraid to take that first step.”

“Never procrastinate. Just get it done right away. I execute on any feedback I get right away. That way, the work never piles up.”

“We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.”

“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.”

“Those who let things happen usually lose to those who make things happen.”

“A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.”

“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.”

“Don't wait. The time will never be just right.”

“If you're interested in the living heart of what you do, focus on building things rather than talking about them.”

“Until you can apply the information that you've learned, then and only then will you be rewarded.”

“Knowledge without action is meaningless.”

“Action is the foundational key to all success.”

“The distance is nothing; it's only the first step that is difficult.”

“Knowledge is not power. Applied knowledge is power.”

“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.”

“I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.”

“Without initiative leaders are simply workers in leadership positions.”

“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.”

“Action is the real measure of intelligence.”

“If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done.”

“Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.”

“The beginning is the most important part of the work.”

“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.”

“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.”

“Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.”

“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.”

“You can choose to live an extraordinary life today, or you can keep waiting for the perfect time.”

“This feeling of when I'm ready, deep in your heart you know it, and all the rest of it is just making excuses.”

“We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.”

“The value of an idea lies in the using of it.”

“Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.”

“The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.”

“Only begin and then the mind grows heated. Only begin and the task will be completed.”

“If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.”

“Procrastination is a deadly enemy of all who would become leaders in any undertaking.”

“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.”

“A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.”

“An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied.”

“Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future. Act now, without delay.”

“The most effective way to do it is to do it.”

“The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.”

“Life is short, fragile, and does not wait for anyone. There will never be a perfect time to pursue your dreams and goals.”

“The best way to get something done is to begin.”

“Indecision is the thief of opportunity.”

“We write tomorrow's headlines today.”

“Action eliminates doubt.”

“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.”

“Enlightened trial and error outperforms the planning of flawless intellects.”

“A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.”

“The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.”

“Do not 'tell' the world what you can do - 'show' it!”

“The first blow is half the battle.”

“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.”

“You can't be something great without doing something great.”

“Shun idleness. It is a rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant of metals.”

“Instinct is untaught ability.”

“Action isn't just the effect of motivation; it's also the cause of it.”

“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.”

“He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.”

“Never leave the site of a strong idea without doing something to execute around it.”

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

“Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.”

“Life is fragile. We're not guaranteed a tomorrow, so give it everything you've got”

“Dream big. Start small. Act now.”

“Finished crap can be edited. Unfinished greatness languishes forever. The only bad writing is the thing you didn't write!”

“The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.”

“Ideas are worth nothing unless backed by application. The smallest of implementations is always worth more than the grandest of intentions.”

“To any entrepreneur: If you want to do it, do it now. If you don't, you're going to regret it.”

“Move fast with stable infrastructure.”

“You may delay, but time will not.”

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