Action Quotes

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There is a tendency among many shallow thinkers of our day to teach that every human act is a reflex, over which we do not… — Fulton J. Sheen
No one can write their real religious life with pen or pencil. It is written only in actions, and its seal is our character, not… — Wilfred Grenfell
The main thing is to be honest with yourself, know and recognize your limits and attain maximum achievement within them. I would for example get… — Stirling Moss
I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any person lies in action. — Pindar
Every moral act of love, of mercy, and of sacrifice brings to pass the end of the world where hatred, cruelty, and selfishness reign supreme. — Nikolai Berdyaev
I will act as if I do make a difference. — William James
If everybody did just one thing. Just one thing. Not even a great thing. Not a world-changing thing, just one blessing, just one act of… — Don Altman
Inaction, contrary to its reputation for being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable. — Madeleine M. Kunin
What we do to survive is often different from what we may need to do in order to live. — Rachel Naomi Remen
You can clear the land, plow the field, spread the fertilizer, and plant the corn. But you cannot make it rain. You cannot prevent an… — Melody Beattie
Your thoughts should agree with your words, and the words should agree with your actions. In this world people think one thing, say another thing,… — Sivananda
Day full-blown and splendid-day of the immense sun, action, ambition, laughter, The Night follows close with millions of suns, and sleep and restoring darkness. — Walt Whitman
We are part and parcel of a single and all-encompassing evolutionary current that is itself Spirit-in-action, the mode and manner of Spirit's creation, and thus… — Ken Wilber
Within the word we find two dimensions-reflection and action. If one is sacrificed even in part, the other immediately suffers. To speak a true word… — Paulo Freire
Democracy is talking itself to death. The people do not know what they want; they do not know what is the best for them. There… — Benito Mussolini
There is only one way to receive transmission. When I tell you something, do it immediately, without the least wavering thought. That's it. Learn. Open… — Daniel Odier
Everyone is motivated a little or a lot to do something or nothing. Motivation is the internalized drive toward the dominant thought of the moment.… — Denis Waitley
Whoever makes it a rule to test action by thought, thought by action, cannot falter, and if he does, will soon find his way back… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Another nation is made out to be utterly depraved and fiendish, while one's own nation stands for everything that is good and noble. Every action… — Erich Fromm
...a person and an organization must have goals, take actions to achieve those goals, gather evidence of achievement, study and reflect on the data and… — W. Edwards Deming
You can hardly judge women's effect on politics merely from the action of individual women officeholders. — Florence Ellinwood Allen
In America, more than anywhere else in the world, care has been taken constantly to trace clearly distinct spheres of action for the two sexes,… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law. That [affirmative action] programs may have been… — Clarence Thomas
It was just one year ago that the world saw this new, invigorated United Nations in action as this Council stood fast against aggression and… — George H. W. Bush
And our security will require all Americans to be forward-looking and resolute, to be ready for pre-emptive action. — George W. Bush

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