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title: "6 Act Easy Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [To act is easy; to think is hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/to-act-is-easy-to-think-is-hard/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient. To act is easy, to think is hard; to act according to our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/art-is-long-life-short-judgment-difficult-opportunity-transient-to/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [George Carlin put it best. He said, "My old act was so easy to do because there was so little of me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-mohr/george-carlin-put-it-best-he-said-my-old-act-was-so-easy-to-do/)

[Jay Mohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-mohr/)

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> [To understand is difficult; to act is easy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-yat-sen/to-understand-is-difficult-to-act-is-easy/)

[Sun Yat-sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-yat-sen/)

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> [To act is easy, to think is hard; to act according to our thought is troublesome.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/to-act-is-easy-to-think-is-hard-to-act-according-to-our-thought-is/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [“It seems to me that one of the great hazards is quick love, which is actually charm. We get used to smiling,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shauna-niequist/it-seems-to-me-that-one-of-the-great-hazards-is-quick-love-which-is/)

[Shauna Niequist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shauna-niequist/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d4/shauna-niequist-3042_charm_it-seems-to-me-that-one-of-the-great-haz_2656322.jpg)

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