The first step binds one to the second. - French Proverb

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on man unless they act. - G.K. Chesterton

If your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt. - Henry J. Kaiser

There is no moment like the present. The man who will not execute his resolutions when they are fresh upon him can have no hope from them afterwards: they will be dissipated, lost, and perish in the hurry and scurry of the world, or sunk in the slough of indolence. - Maria Edgeworth

Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one. - Charles de Gaulle, War Memoirs, 1960

Action is the antidote to despair. - Joan Baez

Ironically, making a statement with words is the least effective method. - Grey Livingston

He liked to go from A to B without inventing letters between. - John McPhee

Action worships the deed. - Nathaniel LeTonnerre, translated

The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working. Beethoven, Wagner, Bach and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand with as much regularity as an accountant settles down each day to his figures. They didn't waste time waiting for inspiration. - Ernest Newman