Action Quotes by Vaclav Havel

8 Action quotes by Vaclav Havel

Vaclav Havel’s compact collection on taking initiative captures his poetic, dissenting spirit in a few memorable statements. The eight quotes provide a thoughtful, inspiring nudge for readers who value courage and creativity.

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Genuine politics -- even politics worthy of the name -- the only politics I am willing to devote myself to -- is…

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It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.

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The question is wholly other, deeper and equally relevant to all: whether we shall, by whatever means, succeed in reconstituting the natural…

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I am in favor of [actions] that have authenticity, roots, originality, verve, balance, taste, communicativeness, challenge, relevance to their time-in short, things…

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The dissident does not operate in the realm of genuine power at all. He is not seeking power. He has no desire…

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A human action becomes genuinely important when it springs from the soil of a clearsighted awareness of the temporality and the ephemerality…

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A human action becomes genuinely important when it springs from the soil of a clear-sighted awareness of the temporality and the ephemerally…

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The question is...whether we shall, by whatever means, succeed in reconstituting the natural world as the true terrain of politics, rehabilitating the…

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I cannot imagine that I could strive for something if I did not carry hope in me.

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People, your Government has returned to you!

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Whether all is really lost or not depends entirely on whether or not I am lost.

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Sober perseverance is more effective than enthusiastic emotions, which are all too capable of being transferred, with little difficulty, to something different each day.

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