Action Quotes

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The non-action of the wise man is not inaction. It is not studied. It is not shaken by anything. The sage is quiet because he… — Zhuangzi
Nothing more enhances authority than silence. It is the crowning virtue of the strong, the refuge of the weak, the modesty of the proud, the… — Charles de Gaulle
The body sins once, and has done with its sin, for action is a mode of purification. Nothing remains then but the recollection of a… — Oscar Wilde
The sinful actions of men may be sinful, either from the motives which prompt them, the ends in view, or the means by which they… — James Petigru Boyce
The Emancipation Proclamation...can remind us in 2013 of all the mistakes we never want to commit again but it can also motivate us to fulfill… — Aberjhani
An essential part of any successful action on the part of the United States is an understanding on the part of the people of America… — George C. Marshall
Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that… — Laozi
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force...Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action. — George Washington
The practice of violence, like all action, changes the world, but the most probable change is a more violent world. — Hannah Arendt
Persistence is self-discipline in action. — Brian Tracy
We become just by the practice of just actions, self-controlled by exercising self-control, and courageous by performing acts of courage. — Aristotle
My actions to promote peace, the mediation missions which I carried out during many conflicts, which very often occurred between brothers of the same country,… — Omar Bongo
Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone. — Baruch Spinoza
The only conception of freedom I can have is that of the prisoner or the individual in the midst of the State. The only one… — Albert Camus
To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
When I contemplate the accumulation of guilt and remorse which, like a garbage-can, I carry through life, and which is fed not only by the… — Cyril Connolly
Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing. — Denis Waitley
This nation was built by men who took risks-pioneers who were not afraid of the wilderness, businessmen who were not afraid of failure, scientists who… — Brooks Atkinson
A mob is a society obodies, voluntarily bereaving themselves oreason, and traversing its work. The mob is man, voluntarily descending to the nature othe beast.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Enthusiasm..the sustaining power of all great action — Samuel Smiles

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