31 Quotes to Inspire You to Take Action

Reading positive quotes can really help you get out of your funk. When you’re stuck or feeling unsure, a good quote can hit you in just the right way, like a friend reminding you that you’ve got this. It takes a big, messy feeling and puts it into a few simple words you can actually hold onto. That little shift in how you see things often makes the difference between sitting still and finally taking that first step.

Quotes are also a quick pick-me-up when your day starts going sideways or when you catch yourself putting things off again. They pull you back to what matters and remind you why you started in the first place. And the more you read words that lift you up, the more your everyday thinking starts to follow along. Sometimes one good line is all it takes to stop second-guessing yourself and just get on with it.

Take a read of these 31 Quotes to Inspire You to Take Action and be sure to download your free quote printable! 

31 Quotes to Inspire You to Take Action

“The future depends on what you do today.‘’ — Mahatma Gandhi

“To achieve greatness, start where you are, use what you have, and do what you can.‘’ — Arthur Ashe

 “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.‘’ — Lao Tzu

“Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today.‘’ — Abraham Lincoln

“Action is the foundational key to all success.‘’ — Pablo Picasso

“People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do.‘’ — Lewis Cass

 “Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.‘’ — John Wooden

“Doubt can only be removed by action.‘’ — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“The longer you wait for the future, the shorter it will be.‘’ — Loesje

“Well done is better than well said.‘’ — Benjamin Franklin

“There are only two rules for being successful. One, figure out exactly what you want to do, and two, do it.‘’ — Mario M. Cuomo

“It is never too late to become what we might have been.‘’ — George Eliot

“So many fail because they don’t get started.‘’ — W. Clement Stone

“The first step binds one to the second.‘’ — French Proverb

“An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied.‘’ — Arnold Glasow

 “If you can’t fly, then run. If you can’t run, then walk. If you can’t walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.‘’ — Martin Luther King Jr.

“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.‘’ — Japanese proverb

“Let your performance do the thinking.‘’ — Charlotte Brontë

“Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still.‘’ — Chinese proverb

“You’ll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.‘’ — Irish proverb

“The best way to accomplish something is to just do it, and then find the courage afterward.‘’ — George Chapman

“Well begun is half done.‘’ — Aristotle

“Never confuse motion with action.‘’ — Benjamin Franklin

“Let your performance do the thinking.‘’ — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

“Nothing happens until something moves.‘’ — Albert Einstein

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.‘’ — Sally Berger

“Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.‘’ — Wayne Dyer

“All problems become smaller if you don’t dodge them but confront them.‘’ — William F. Halsey

“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.‘’ — Joe Sabah

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.‘’ — Aristotle

“Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.‘’ — Thomas Carlyle