Action Quotes - Page 11

• Action will
  delineate and
  define you.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Motivational, Knowing Who You Are, Inspirational Team

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• The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.

  John Dewey

  Spiritual, Choices Made, Discovery

  John Dewey (2015). “Democracy and Education”, p.351, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action.

  Eric Hoffer

  Passion, Mark, Ability

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• Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.

  Herbert Hoover

  Silence, Presidential, Acting

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.

  Lee Iacocca

  Moving On, Procrastination, Long

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• In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.

  Dalai Lama

  Positive, Uplifting, Positivity

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• There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Motivational, Women, Procrastination

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.107, BookBaby

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• To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

  Isaac Newton

  Reactions, Equal, Action And Reaction

  Principia Mathematica "Laws of Motion" 3 (1687) (translation by Andrew Motte)

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• Either move or be moved.

  Ezra Pound

  Moving, Moved

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• Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing.

  William Shakespeare

  Lying, Joy, Soul

  'Troilus And Cressida' (1602) act 1, sc. 2, l. [310]

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• At a certain point, I just felt, you know, God is not looking for alms, God is looking for action.

  Bono

  Inspirational, Alms, Certain

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• When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.

  James A. Baldwin

  Men, Thinking, Order

  "Clemenceau, The Events of His Life as Told by Himself to His Former Secretary, Jean Martet". Book translated by Milton Waldman. Chapter 12: "Conversation with Jean Martet", 1930.

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• Act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.

  Immanuel Kant

  Freedom, Law, Principles

  "Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals". Book by Immanuel Kant, 1785.

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• I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts.

  Og Mandino

  Resolution, Heard, Deals

  Og Mandino (2007). “The Greatest Secret In The World”, p.136, Jaico Publishing House

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• Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Patriotic, Thoughtful

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.28, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Leadership, Decision Making, Possibility

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• A small act is worth a million thoughts.

  Ai Weiwei

  Motivational, Wise, Wisdom

  "Meet the most interesting person in China" by Kathleen E. McLaughlin, www.pri.org. June 23, 2009.

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• In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Wisdom, Philosophical, Heart

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• Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Poor Richard's Almanack, June 1746

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  Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.

  Edwin Hubbel Chapin

  Inspiring, Karma, Good Life

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, 1895.

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• Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Self Esteem, Careers, Will And Determination

  Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson

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• Any action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation for a long time. If it is a mistake, at least you learn something, in which case it's no longer a mistake. If you remain stuck, you learn nothing.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Mistake

  FaceBook post by Eckhart Tolle from Sep 07, 2016

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• Action is at bottom a swinging and flailing of the arms to regain one's balance and keep afloat.

  Eric Hoffer

  Balance, Arms, Flailing

  Eric Hoffer (1996). “The Passionate State of Mind”

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• Get action. Do things; be sane; don't fritter away your time; create, act, take a place wherever you are and be somebody; get action.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Sane, Wherever You Are

  Theodore Roosevelt, Eugene Thwing (1919). “The life and meaning of Theodore Roosevelt”

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• Output always equals input.

  James Van Fleet

  Input, Output

  James K. Van Fleet (1987). “Hidden Power: How to Unleash the Power of Your Subconscious Mind”, p.171, Penguin

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