We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique. — Benjamin Jowett Copy Share Image
We are the makers of our own lives. There is no such thing as fate. Our lives are the result of our… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“It's not the end if you're too shy to say 'I love you.' It's only the beginning; because you're first meant to… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Justin Trudeau certainly understands climate science, as do his ministers. But they're refusing to take action on it because of short-term political… — Elizabeth May Copy Share Image
[History is] the story of the magnificent rear-guard action fought during several thousand years by dogma against curiosity. — Robert Staughton Lynd Copy Share Image
It must be the ultimate punishment, don't you think, to finally gain wisdom, only to realize that the consequences of your actions… — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image
The ability to imagine oneself in another's place and understand the other's feelings, desires, ideas, and actions. The most obvious example, perhaps,… — Sam Vaknin Copy Share Image
We had no alternative except that of preparing for direct action, whereby we would present our very bodies as a means of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
If you are weak, dependent upon others, inclined to allow yourself to be dominated by opinion, to take root wherever you see… — Alfred de Musset Copy Share Image
You can never do merely one thing. The law applies to any action that changes something in a complex system. The point… — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
'Death Sentence' really is a throwback to the '70s style revenge drama with moments of action. It's like a contemporary 'Death Wish'… — James Wan Copy Share Image
Every man who has seen the world knows that nothing is so useless as a general maxim… If, like those of Rochefoucault,… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
Brethren, do something; do something, do something! While societies and unions make constitutions, let us win souls. I pray you, be men… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves, too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never have… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
You know, in physics there's the old law for every action there's a equal amount of reaction. Sometimes that's true in politics.… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Those moments in between the moments, those are the most interesting. What's unspoken, the way we talk around things, the way our… — Stanley Tucci Copy Share Image
“The fact that you lack the fruits is not a proof that you don’t have seeds. It’s not too late to drop… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Physical activity can get you going when you are immobilized. Get action in your life, and don't just talk about it. Get… — John Davidson Copy Share Image
I enjoy ritual and ceremony. What I don't like is when it's badly done or sloppily done. This is actually a theological… — Peter Hollingworth Copy Share Image
I try to avoid having thoughts. They lead to other thoughts, and—if you’re not careful—those lead to actions. Actions make you tired.… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Tim Tebow's like the snake doctor for Florida. Gotta stop the snake doctor, keep the Gators from moving the ball…this time he… — Gary Danielson Copy Share Image
As for what motivates me to better myself, I would say the friends that I keep around me and also my family.… — Elizabeth Tan Copy Share Image
Adapting to climate change: It really is time for action...we are on a never-ending road; this is with us for the rest… — Joan Ruddock Copy Share Image
The tragedy of all political action is that some problems have no solution; none of the alternatives are intellectually consistent or morally… — James Joll Copy Share Image
I thank heaven I have often had it in my power to give help and relief, and this is still my greatest… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
I've always been very strong minded on character-based fights and character-based action. If you take the character out of the action and… — Wade Eastwood Copy Share Image
The original reason to start the project, which was that the Germans were a danger, started me off on a process of… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
Whatever your conscious mind assumes and believes to be true, your subconscious mind will accept and bring to pass. Believe in good… — Joseph Murphy Copy Share Image
One has freedom as the principal means of action; the other has servitude. Their . . . paths [are] diverse; nevertheless, each… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
In should be the duty of every soldier to reflect on the experiences of the past, in the endeavor to discover improvements,… — B. H. Liddell Hart Copy Share Image
We thought that if we can highlight it, it will impact policy-makers and politicians and encourage them to take some concrete action. — Murari Lal Sharma Copy Share Image
In the final analysis it doesn't really matter what the political system is...We don't need perfect political systems; we need perfect participation. — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
“Orridon, all of our nations have been subject to the tyranny of the Dewar dynasty and the time has come to end… — Robert Reid Copy Share Image
I can’t help thinking about memoir as a down-and-up process: Dive down for color; come up for context. Sink back down for… — Koren Zailckas Copy Share Image
We have to understand that the world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is more important than… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
Any man who can't control his thoughts can't control his actions, and any man who can't control his actions isn't safe in… — Richard L. Evans Copy Share Image
When people flirt with despair about the future, they are less likely to take the actions necessary to safeguard it, focusing instead… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
There is a Japanese proverb that literally goes 'Raise the sail with your stronger hand,' meaning you must go after the opportunities… — Soichiro Honda Copy Share Image
God will never allow any action against you that is not in accord with His will for you. And His will is… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
As a former U.S. attorney, I would only align myself with a first-class organization. World Patent Marketing goes beyond making statements about… — Matthew Whitaker Copy Share Image
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