Action Quotes

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The leader personifies the certitude of the creed and the defiance and grandeur of power. He articulates and justifies the resentment damned up in the… — Eric Hoffer
Leadership is action, not position — Donald McGannon
Instruction, and advice, and commands will profit little, unless they are backed up by the pattern of your own life. Your children will never believe… — J C Ryle
The realization that life is absurd and cannot be an end, but only a beginning. This is a truth nearly all great minds have taken… — Albert Camus
The great end of life is not knowledge but action. — Thomas Huxley
The only thing that really matters is that there be an action of goodness, love and intelligence in living. Is goodness individual or collective, is… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Persons are not known by intellect alone, not by principles alone, but only by love. It is when we love the other, the enemy, that… — Thomas Merton
Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get… — Jack Canfield
To me parenting is all about trust. If you don't live by your words or actions how do you expect your kids to listen to… — Kevin Heath
It is not necessary for all men to be great in action. The greatest and sublimest power is often simple patience. — Horace Bushnell
The feeling of patriotism - It is an immoral feeling because, instead of confessing himself a son of God . . . or even a… — Leo Tolstoy
Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them. There is almost no kind of… — George Orwell
It is a very great mistake to imagine that the object of loyalty is the authority and interest of one individual man, however dignified by… — Samuel Adams
There is not a Musselman[Muslim] alive who would not imagine that he was performing an action pleasing to God and his Holy Prophet by exterminating… — Denis Diderot
The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating. — Cesar Chavez
To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek. The most effective action both resorts… — Barbara Deming
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since… — Albert Einstein
The first essential characteristics of nonviolent action is that it is creative. — Unknown Author
Genuine politics -- even politics worthy of the name -- the only politics I am willing to devote myself to -- is simply a matter… — Vaclav Havel
We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique. — Benjamin Jowett

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