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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“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.”
“All men of action are dreamers.”
“Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.”
“Action is eloquence.”
“You can't be something great without doing something great.”
“Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.”
“Don't tell people your dreams. Show them.”
“Don't mistake movement for achievement.”
“Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.”
“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.”
“Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.”
“A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.”
“Talk is cheap. Show me the code.”
“Those who let things happen usually lose to those who make things happen.”
“If you're interested in the living heart of what you do, focus on building things rather than talking about them.”
“The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.”
“Intentions without actions are illusions.”
“If you don't produce, you won't thrive - no matter how skilled or talented you are.”
“Stop procrastinating, researching, and forever planning and just start doing the damn thing! Imperfect action trumps a perfect plan.”
“Lots of people wanting everything and doing nothing.”
“The only thing relevant to your success is your actions.”
“If you’re not motivated, get to work! Let your motivation come from doing the work.”
“The difference between a thought and a decision is the immediate action you take.”
“Being a perfectionist slows us down. It’s the greatest hindrance to actually doing anything great in your life.”
“Everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.”
“In a startup, absolutely nothing happens unless you make it happen.”
“One of the advantages of moving quickly is if you do something wrong you can change it.”
“Simplification is often the difference between doing something you know you should do and putting it off.”
“After all is said and done, more is said than done.”
“It is one thing to conceive a good plan, and another to execute it.”
“Great execution is at least 10 times more important and a 100 times harder than a good idea.”
“You have to be decisive. Indecisiveness is a startup killer.”
“The antidote to overthinking isn’t more thinking — the antidote is action.”
“Overthinking is when what you think gets in the way of what you want.”
“The starting line is the only line you completely control.”
“Regretting that you didn’t start earlier is a great distraction from moving on your dream today, and the reality is that today is earlier than tomorrow.”
“Intentions are ambitious liars.”
“All decisions are either growth decisions or fear decisions.”
“Thinking keeps the adventures of life bottled in your head. Action makes you a hero.”
“In deliberation we may hesitate; but a deliberated act must be performed swiftly.”
“The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces.”
“I always say experience is overrated. It takes too long. Start the process and figure the rest out. If you wait too long someone else will beat you to the punch or that bully in your head will talk you out of pursuing your idea.”
“When you come to a point when you have to make a key decision, remember how that choice will make you feel tomorrow, and the tomorrow after that, and the one after that.”
“If you hesitate, some bolder hand will stretch out before you and get the prize.”
“Most decisions are not binary, and there are usually better answers waiting to be found if you do the analysis and involve the right people.”
“Starting is easy. Finishing is hard.”
