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  Action is the foundational key to all success.

  Pablo Picasso

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

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• The happiness of love is in action; its test is what one is willing to do for others.

  Lew Wallace

  Love Is, Tests, Willing

  Lew Wallace (2016). “Ben-Hur [Illustrated]”, p.23, XinXii

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• Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be.

  W. H. Auden

  Men, Choices, Attention

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• Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Theodore Roosevelt (2006). “The Works of Theodore Roosevelt - Volume”, p.17, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

  Will Rogers

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  "The Graduation Speech I'd Give, if Anyone Asked" by Karina Bland, www.azcentral.com. June 03, 2015.

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• An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.

  Jack Welch

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Jack Welch & The G.E. Way: Management Insights and Leadership". Book by Robert Slater, 1998.

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• Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.

  Dale Carnegie

  Confidence, Fear, Weight Loss

  Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.13, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

  John C. Maxwell

  Inspirational, Leadership, Basketball

  "Leadership 101: 3 Key Lessons on Advancing Racial Equity" by Dr. Artika R. Tyner, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 15, 2015.

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• A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.

  John Galsworthy

  Motivational, Men, Done

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• It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Character, Men, Giving

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• Everyone wants to do what the great ones do; but very few are willing to do what they did to become great

  Jon Gordon

  Inspirational, Success, Basketball

  FaceBook post by Jon Gordon from Jun 05, 2013

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• When the federal government spends more each year than it collects in tax revenues, it has three choices: It can raise taxes, print money, or borrow money. While these actions may benefit politicians, all three options are bad for average Americans.

  Ron Paul

  Government, Average, Years

  "Deficits Make You Poorer". www.lewrockwell.com. March 15, 2005.

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• Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.

  Laozi

  Motivational, Wisdom, Determination

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• Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

  James A. Baldwin

  Inspirational, Change, Leadership

  "As Much Truth As One Can Bear". The New York Times Book Review, January 14, 1962.

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• A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.

  Franz Kafka

  Men, Unhappy, States

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  Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.

  Jane Addams

  Expression, Code Of Ethics, Hull House

  Jane Addams (2016). “Democracy and Social Ethics”, p.128, Youcanprint

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• Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless.

  Hannah Arendt

  Names, Meaningless

  Hannah Arendt (2013). “The Human Condition: Second Edition”, p.180, University of Chicago Press

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• Well begun is half done.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Perseverance, Philosophical

  Aristotle (2012). “Politics”, p.195, Courier Corporation

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• The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology.

  Red Auerbach

  Basketball, Teamwork, Im Sorry

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• Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Motivation, Work, Half

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  A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.

  John Calvin

  Christian, Dog, Religious

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• When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail.

  Pearl S. Buck

  Country, Peace, Struggle

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• I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you are doing it. Then fasten your seat belt. The most remarkable things follow.

  Julia Cameron

  Inspirational, Empowerment, Acting

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.93, Souvenir Press

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• Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is solid.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Depth, Narrative, Height

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  I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action.

  Fidel Castro

  Military, Men, History

  Quoted in N.Y. Times, 22 Apr. 1959

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