Action Quotes

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Just as God's love entered the world, thereby submitting to the misunderstanding and ambiguity that characterize everything worldly, so also Christian love does not exist… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Let's develop theories patiently and honestly thinking them out, in order to promptly act against them - acting and justifying our actions with new theories… — Fernando Pessoa
A woman of mystery is one who also has a certain maturity and whose actions speak louder than words. Any woman can be one, if… — Alfred Hitchcock
A faith-holder puts himself below his faith and lets it guide his actions. The fanatic puts himself above it and uses it as an excuse… — Gordon R Dickson
Faith is that which, knowing the Lord's will, goes and does it; or, not knowing it, stands and waits, content in ignorance as in knowledge,… — George MacDonald
Decisive action has been taken on the home front with passage of the USA Patriot Act, which has strengthened the hand of law enforcement agencies… — Roger Wicker
Trees are contagious; as soon as one neighborhood or street is planted, citizen pressure builds up for action from the next street. — William H. Whyte
The operative assumption today is that someone, somewhere, has a better idea; and the operative compulsion is to find out who has that better idea,… — Jack Welch
It is because the fight against the harshest aspects of unrestricted capitalism is therefore a political problem and not an intellectual one that community action… — Barney Frank
Part of the value of TASK is not to invest into anything permanent; to really celebrate the moment-the fluidity of creative action. — Oliver Herring
All talk is just that: talk. All the words written on these pages are just that: words. If you want things to get better, take… — Larry Winget
The action of Mind (thought) plants that nucleus which, if allowed to grow undisturbed, will eventually attract to itself all the conditions necessary for its… — Thomas Troward
I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: but perhaps there is a… — Winston Churchill
The fact that time is ticking should motivate you to take action on your ideas. — Scott Belsky
If we are really to live at all we must put our convictions into action. — Margaret Sanger
A poet articulating the dreads and horrors of our time is necessary in order to make readers understand what is happening, really understand it, not… — Denise Levertov
Feeling compassion for ourselves in no way releases us from responsibility for our actions. Rather, it releases us from the self-hatred that prevents us from… — Tara Brach
Action or inaction are both forms of leadership and standard setting. — Seth Godin
I want to live in a world where people care about others, and try not to hurt others with words or actions. — Lauren Potter
Never over think! Make a decision and take action! — Joel Brown
Thought expands, but paralyzes; action animates, but narrows. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
One difference between successful people and all the rest is that successful people take action. — Bob Proctor
The most positive action we can take about the past is to change our perception of it. — Deepak Chopra
In any ethical situation, the thing you want least to do is probably the right action. — Jerry Pournelle
Compassion can be described as letting ourselves be touched by the vulnerability and suffering that is within ourselves and all beings. The full flowering of… — Tara Brach

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