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Life has taught me one supreme lesson. This is that we mustâ€”if we are really to live at all, if we are to enjoy the… — Margaret Sanger
It is not enough that your designs, nay that your actions, are intrinsically good, you must take care they shall appear so. — Henry Fielding
Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone. — Charles de Gaulle
It is only through the psyche that we can establish that God acts upon us, but we are unable to distinguish whether these actions emanate… — Carl Jung
The more one sees of human fate and the more one examines its secret springs of action, the more one is impressed by the strength… — Carl Jung
When a child makes a mistake or fails to accomplish a certain goal, we must avoid any word or action which indicates that we consider… — Rudolf Dreikurs
Self-efficacy is the belief in one's capabilities to organize and execute the sources of action required to manage prospective situations. — Albert Bandura
A theory that denies that thoughts can regulate actions does not lend itself readily to the explanation of complex human behavior. — Albert Bandura
What people think, believe, and feel affects how they behave. The natural and extrinsic effects of their actions, in turn, partly determine their thought patterns… — Albert Bandura
Learning would be exceedingly laborious, not to mention hazardous, if people had to rely solely on the effects of their own actions to inform them… — Albert Bandura
We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can...in the acquisition of a new habit, we must… — William James
Instead of the international police action we had hoped for during the war in Kosovo, there are wars again - conducted with state-of-the-art technology, but… — Jurgen Habermas
The most interesting acquaintanceship I have struck up here is that of Colonel Lapinski. He is without doubt the cleverest Pole -- besides being an… — Karl Marx
Political institutions, no matter how well or badly designed, depend for continued existence upon acting men; their conservation is achieved by the same means that… — Hannah Arendt
In general, the men of lower intelligence won out. Afraid of their own shortcomings and of the intelligence of their opponents, so that they would… — Thucydides
Be modest in speech, but excel in action. — Horace
Psychopaths are not crazy; they are fully aware of what they do, and the consequences of those actions. — Hannibal
The particular aspect of history which both attracts and benefits its readers is the examination of causes and the capacity, which is the reward of… — Polybius
This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions. — Unknown Author
Covert action should not be confused with missionary work. — Henry A. Kissinger

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