Action Quotes

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If you want to feel proud of yourself, then do good. Take action that will make you proud. . . . And if you really… — Oseola McCarty
It cannot be said too often that actions are good or bad in the light of consequences, and that a clear perception of consequences would… — Robert Green Ingersoll
History by apprising them [the people] of the past will enable them to judge of the future. . . . It will qualify them as… — Thomas Jefferson
Do not first announce action, and then, when you are unable to take action, withdraw, because you will only find yourself in the same position… — Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
ROSS You must have patience, madam. LADY MACDUFF He had none: His flight was madness: when our actions do not, Our fears do make us… — William Shakespeare
In every case, the remedy is to take action. Get clear about exactly what it is that you need to learn and exactly what you… — Miguel de Cervantes
One will rarely err if extreme actions be ascribed to vanity, ordinary actions to habit, and mean actions to fear. — Friedrich Nietzsche
A tragedy is the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself . . . with incidents arousing… — Aristotle
Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting actions. A Republic is a government in… — Walter Bagehot
You had that action and counteraction which, in the natural and in the political world, from the reciprocal struggle of discordant powers draws out the… — Edmund Burke
And as long as America must choose, that long will there be a need and a place for the Democratic Party. We Democrats can run… — Robert Kennedy
... no human actions ever were intended by the Maker of men to be guided by balances of expediency, but by balances of justice. — John Ruskin
Remember: Rewards come in action, not in discussion. — Tony Robbins
What good is inspiration if it's not backed up by action? — Tony Robbins
If speculation tends thus to a terrific unity, in which all things are absorbed, action tends directly back to diversity. The first is the course… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Through unity of action we can be a veritable colossus in support of peace. No one can defeat us unless we first defeat ourselves. Every… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nobility of birth does not always insure a corresponding unity of mind; if it did, it would always act as a stimulus to noble actions;… — Charles Caleb Colton
Our country also hungers for leadership to ensure the long-term survival of our Social Security system. With 70 million baby boomers in this country on… — Kay Bailey Hutchison
Any action taken will be against the terrorist network of Bin Laden.... As for the Taleban, they can surrender the terrorists or face the consequences… — Tony Blair
The cause of the attack was not American foreign policy but an amoral disregard for human life.It is grotesque to suggest that a four-year-old girl,… — Menzies Campbell
The appearance and retirement of actors are the great events of the theatrical world; and their first performances fill the pit with conjecture and prognostication,… — Samuel Johnson
The old interests of aristocracy - the romance of action, the exalted passions of chivalry and war - faded into the background, and their place… — Lytton Strachey
What I really want to do is create great roles for women. And I'm not talking Nicholas Sparks romance. I think women's roles have gotten… — Melissa Rosenberg
Teachers, who are really good create that environment where you can be very satisfied by the process of learning. If you do something and you… — Jeff Bezos
Lack of candor blocks smart ideas, fast action, and good people contributing all the stuff they've got. It's a killer. — Jack Welch

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