Action Quotes

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Who can wait quietly until the mud settles? Who can remain still until the moment of action? — Laozi
Like a great athlete, we must have a very clear vision of what we want to accomplish before we make a move. Vision, in preparation… — Marianne Williamson
... three main components of leadership: mastery of the subject-matter, ability convincingly to articulate the particular course of action required and a fervent belief in… — Ninian Stephen
I don't think of compassion as sympathy but rather as empathy. An understanding of how people are feeling, which often translates into action. — Hazel Hawke
I urge individuals around the world to stand up, and ask local leaders, if they haven't already, to pledge to purchase cleaner cars, build green… — Leonardo DiCaprio
If we want energy security, then we have to reduce our appetite for fossil fuels. There's no other way. Other issues may crowd the headlines,… — Robert Redford
In fact, whenever energy is transmitted from one body to another in time, there must be a medium or substance in which the energy exists… — James Clerk Maxwell
Education without social action is a one-sided value because it has no true power potential. Social action without education is a weak expression of pure… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The onset of more severe climate impacts overseas may also open up temporary opportunities, or 'policy windows.' These would allow legislators the licence to take… — John Beddington
Totalitarianism extends to whatever touches it...psychological technique, as it operates in the army or in a great industrial plant, entails a direct action on the… — Jacques Ellul
If each of us were to confess his most secret desire, the one that inspires all his plans, all his actions, he would say: "I… — Emile M. Cioran
There is in all visible things an invisible fecundity, a dimmed light, a meek namelessness, a hidden wholeness. This mysterious unity and integrity is wisdom,… — Thomas Merton
Happiness itself is sufficient excuse. Beautiful things are right and true; so beautiful actions are those pleasing to the gods. Wise men have an inward… — Aristotle
What our leaders and pundits never let slip is that the terrorists-whatever else they might be-might also be rational human beings ; which is to… — William Blum
A man's best friends are his ten fingers. — Robert Collyer
Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere. — Henry David Thoreau
Human existence cannot be silent, nor can it be nourished by false words, but only by true words, with which people transform the world. To… — Paulo Freire
Happiness, then, is found to be something perfect and self-sufficient, being the end to which our actions are directed. — Aristotle
I say statecraft is soulcraft. Just as all education is moral education because learning conditions conduct, most legislation is moral legislations because it conditions the… — George Will
There's a lot of talk about self-esteem these days. It seems pretty basic to me. If you eat to feel proud of yourself, you've got… — Oseola McCarty

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