President Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, “Above all, try something.” Let these quotes be a call to motion—toward purpose, toward bravery, toward becoming. ✨

A single event can waken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Wind, Sand and Stars (1939)

Verily, when the day of judgment comes, we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done. ~ Thomas A. Kempis

We can never, even by the strictest examination, get completely behind the secret springs of action. ~ Immanuel Kant

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. ~ John Locke

We don't know who we are until we see what we can do. ~ Martha Grimes

It is better to live a holy life than to talk about it. Lighthouses do not ring bells and fire cannons to call attention to their shining; they just shine. ~ D.L. Moody

Just get up there and let it rip! ~ Anita O'Day

No matter how big or soft or warm your bed is, you still have to get out of it. ~ Grace Slick

If you have a great ambition, take as big a step as possible in the direction of fulfilling it, but if the step is only a tiny one, don't worry if it is the largest one now possible. ~ Mildred McAfee

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster. ~ Theodore Roosevelt

Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit. ~ Conrad Hilton

It is better to be making the news than taking it; to be an actor rather than a critic. ~ Winston Churchill

I shook up the world. ~ Muhammad Ali

A vision without action is an illusion. An action without vision is confusion! ~ Willie Jollie

Actions lie louder than words. ~ Carolyn Wells

Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. ~ Danish Proverb