"The tragedy of bold, forthright, industrious people is……" — Brenda Ueland

"The tragedy of bold, forthright, industrious people is that they act so continuously without much thinking, that it becomes dry and empty."

— Brenda Ueland

Act Quotes Becomes Quotes Becomes Dry Quotes Bold Quotes Bold Forthright Quotes Continuously Quotes Continuously Without Quotes Dry Quotes Empty Quotes Forthright Quotes Forthright Industrious Quotes Industrious Quotes Industrious People Quotes Much Quotes People Quotes They Act Quotes Thinking Quotes Tragedy Quotes Without Quotes

70 Quotes by Brenda Ueland

Brenda Ueland has 70 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

See all 70 quotes by Brenda Ueland »

More Act Quotes

This quote is filed under Act Quotes, one of 8,447 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden

See all 8,447 Act Quotes »