- Taking action births motivation. Greg Smith
- Motivation is motive in action. Denis Waitley
- Stick to the task until the task sticks to you.
- Do it now, feel better later. Robert Leahy, Ph.D.
- It is action that creates motivation. Steve Backley
- Motivation is when your dreams put on work clothes.
- Do it, and then you will feel motivated to do it. Zig Ziglar
- We must act out passion before we can feel it. Jean-Paul Sartre
- The thrust of continuous action is the firewood which fuels motivation. Steve Backley
- The thrust of continuous action is the firewood which fuels motivation. Steve Backley
- One of the secrets to success is recognizing that motivation follows action. Steve Pavlina
- The momentum of continuous action fuels motivation, while procrastination kills motivation. Steve Pavlina
- The ordinary wait for the energy to do a task. The exceptional do the task because that’s how they get the energy. Robin Sharma
- Motivation follows action instead of the other way around. When we make ourselves face the task ahead of us, it usually isn’t as bad as we think, and we begin to feel good about the progress we start making. Richard O’Connor
- The good news is that inspiration and motivation can be created. We don’t need to wait for a bolt of lightning from the heavens. Inspiration and motivation come from action, and action can be taken as a purely mechanical physical activity. Amanda Harvey
- It becomes easier and easier to be motivated and to stay enthusiastic when you see the concrete results of your actions. The action-result-motivation snowball begins to build, and gain momentum. However, to get the snowball rolling, we must take action. Amanda Harvey
- And if you start small, you don’t need a lot of motivation to get started either. The simple act of getting started and doing something will give you the momentum you need, and soon you’ll find yourself in a positive spiral of changes – one building on the other. Marc and Angel Chernoff
- There is vitality, a lifeforce, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique…You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. Martha Graham
- The whole idea of motivation is a trap. Forget motivation. Just do it. Exercise, lose weight, test your blood sugar, or whatever. Do it without motivation. And then, guess what? After you start doing the thing, that’s when the motivation comes and makes it easy for you to keep on doing it. John C. Maxwell
- Most of us believe an emotion, such as happiness, comes first. Then we do whatever we do, in reaction to that particular emotion. Not so. The emotion arises simultaneously with the doing of the act. So if you want to be enthusiastic, you can get there by acting as if you were already enthusiastic. Steve Chandler
- The common conception is that motivation leads to action, but the reverse is true — action precedes motivation. You have to “prime the pump” and get the juice flowing, which motivates you to work on your goals. Getting momentum going is the most difficult part of the job, and often taking the first step is enough to prompt you to make the best of your day. Robert J. McKain
