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Action Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- Nothing preaches better than the act.
- Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves; but I give it fair quarter, wherever I meet with it, being…
- Speak little, do much.
- Those renowned generals [Alexander and Caesar] received more faithful service, and performed greater actions by means of the love their soldiers bore them, than they…
- Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved,…
- When confronted with two courses of action I jot down on a piece of paper all the arguments in favor of each one, then on…
- The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or at…
- Well done is better than well said.
- It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.
- All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.
- Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.
- Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.
- Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.
- Never confuse motion with action.
- He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
- I believe in one God, Creator of the Universe in that He ought to be whipped from pilar to post and back again for His…
- A good example is the best sermon.
- Vicious actions are not hurtful because they are forbidden, but forbidden because they are hurtful.
- There will be sleeping enough in the grave.
- Faith is confirmed by the heart, confessed by the tongue, and acted upon by the body
More Action Quotes
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can… — Hannah Arendt
- Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people. — Joe Biden
- Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason… — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- Follow the three R's: - Respect for self. - Respect for others. - Responsibility for all your actions. — Dalai Lama