Strike with Decisive Action Quotes
Ideas are cheap and everywhere; action is rare. The man who moves now, before conditions are perfect, laps everyone still preparing to start. This Execution path holds the greatest quotes ever gathered on taking decisive action. Scroll through and put them to work.
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“Finished crap can be edited. Unfinished greatness languishes forever. The only bad writing is the thing you didn't write!”
“Ideas are easy. Execution is everything.”
“Entrepreneurs don't ask permission, they just get on with it.”
“I find it best to dive right in and learn the hard way.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Companies rarely die from moving too fast, and they frequently die from moving too slowly.”
“Never procrastinate. Just get it done right away. I execute on any feedback I get right away. That way, the work never piles up.”
“Speed is a habit.”
“Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast.”
“Indecision is the thief of opportunity.”
“Quickness is the essence of the war.”
“Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.”
“Pace of innovation is all that matters in the long run.”
“In action, watch the timing.”
“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.”
“Instinct is untaught ability.”
“Concentration is the secret of strength.”
“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.”
“Move fast with stable infrastructure.”
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.”
“Action cures fear.”
“Shun idleness. It is a rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant of metals.”
“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.”
“While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.”
“The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.”
“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.”
“Action is the antidote to despair.”
“Nothing happens until something moves.”
“The only cure for grief is action.”
“The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.”
“Action eliminates doubt.”
“I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.”
“Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation, even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.”
“Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see further.”
“Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.”
“Action isn't just the effect of motivation; it's also the cause of it.”
“Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.”
“Well done is better than well said.”
“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.”
“You are what you do, not what you say you'll do.”
“What you do has far greater impact than what you say.”
“Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets.”
“Never mistake motion for action.”
“While most are dreaming of success, winners wake up and work hard to achieve it.”
“You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.”
“Do not 'tell' the world what you can do - 'show' it!”
“Things may come to those who wait, but only what's left by those who hustle.”
“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.”
“Do noble things, do not dream them all day long.”
