Action(s) Quotes

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Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.

Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.

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A well begun is half ended.

A well begun is half ended.

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The link between ideas and action is rarely direct. There is

The link between ideas and action is rarely direct. There is almost always an intermediate step in which the idea is overcome. De Tocqueville points out that it is at times when passions start to govern human affairs that ideas are most obviously translated into political action. The translation of ideas into action is usually in the hands of people least likely to follow rational motives. Hence, it is that action is often the nemesis of ideas, and sometimes of the men who formulate them. One of the marks of the truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action the ability to pass directly from thought to action.

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Action is at bottom a swinging and flailing of the arms to r

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

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One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability

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.

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We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice o

We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.

Benjamin Jowett

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The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single ste

The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

Chinese Proverb

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The only correct actions are those that demand no explanatio

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

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The greatest potential for control tends to exist at the poi

The greatest potential for control tends to exist at the point where action takes place.

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If you stand still long enough, you'll get stuck

If you stand still long enough, you'll get stuck

David Hasselhoff

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Many aspire to change the world but few realize that everyon

Many aspire to change the world but few realize that everyone accomplishes that goal. Each day you live you are changing something. Rather than simply changing the world, one should aspire to make a positive change with each action they commit.

Anon., anonymous: submitted to Q

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You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth.

You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth.

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Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good actio

Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.

Jean Paul Richter

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What you are will show in what you do.

What you are will show in what you do.

Thomas Alva Edison

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Begin somewhere: you cannot build a reputation on what you i

Begin somewhere: you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

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I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to at

I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.

Robert H. Schuller

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You will never win if you never begin.

You will never win if you never begin.

Robert H. Schuller

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Winning starts with beginning.

Winning starts with beginning.

Robert H. Schuller

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Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfec

Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.

Robert H. Schuller

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Our actions are like the terminations of verses, which we rh

Our actions are like the terminations of verses, which we rhyme as we please.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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