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Action Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
- Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.
- Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it…
- Were you to live three thousand years, or even thirty thousand, remember that the sole life which a man can lose is that which he…
- You have to assemble your life yourself - action by action.
- Stick to what's in front of you - idea, action, utterance.
- The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
- In the end, what would you gain from everlasting remembrance? Absolutely nothing. So what is left worth living for? This alone: justice in thought, goodness…
- Since you are an integral part of a social system, let every act of yours contribute to the harmonization of social life. Any action that…
- You need to be prepared for firm decisions and action, without losing gentleness towards those who obstruct or abuse you. It's as great a weakness…
- The sinner sins against himself; the wrongdoer wrongs himself, becoming the worse by his own action.
- If thou workest at that which is before thee ... expecting nothing, fearing nothing, but satisfied with thy present activity according to Nature, and with…
- Let there be freedom from perturbations with respect to the things which come from the external cause; and let there be justice in the things…
- If you do the task before you always adhering to strict reason with zeal and energy and yet with humanity, disregarding all lesser ends and…
- I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me. But true good fortune is what you make for yourself. Good fortune:…
- If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which…
- As far as you can, get into the habit of asking yourself in relation to any action taken by another: "What is his point of…
- It is not the actions of others which trouble us (for those actions are controlled by their governing part), but rather it is our own…
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
- Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people. — Joe Biden
- Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- 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
- Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as… — Marcus Aurelius