Action Quotes

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In ordinary life, the action of a third party does not free the contractor from an obligation; but the advantage of making a contract with… — Machado de Assis
Today everyone, whether they know it or not, is in the emotional transportation business. More and more, success is won by creating compelling stories that… — Peter Guber
Belief initiates and guides action - or it does nothing. — Octavia Butler
Inertia is so easy—don't fix what's not broken. Leave well enough alone. So we end up accepting what is broken, mistaking complaining for action, procrastinating… — Justina Chen
Every work undertaken in obedienced to a divine command, whether the work be that form of conflict with the powers of darkness that we call… — Amy Carmichael
Accepting responsibility for the actions of others contributes to your own greatness. — Edwin Louis Cole
More consequences for thought and action follow the affirmation or denial of God than from answering any other basic question. — Mortimer Adler
Love is primarily giving. It’s an action that leads to a feeling, not a feeling first. — Timothy Keller
Tolerance means to fix our mind, to fix our words, & our actions on a higher principle. — Radhanath Swami
Thought is the creative power, or the impelling force which causes the creative power to act; thinking in a Certain Way will bring riches to… — Wallace D. Wattles
It is really not the number of things you do , but the efficiency of each separate action that counts. — Wallace D. Wattles
You have the choice. You can choose joy over despair, happiness over tears, action over apathy, growth over stagnation. — Leo Buscaglia
The consequences of today are determined by the actions of the past. To change your future, alter your decisions today. — S. N. Goenka
You may not agree with a woman, but to criticize her appearance — as opposed to her ideas or actions — isn't doing anyone any… — Hillary Clinton
Sometimes we feel that one individual's action is very insignificant. Then we think, of course, that effects should come from channeling or from a unifying… — Dalai Lama
Joaquin Jackson's frank and colorful account of his long career as a modern-day Texas Ranger thrills like an action novel, yet the stories are true,… — Elmer Kelton
Touch is a reciprocal action, a gesture of exchange with the world. To make an impression is also to receive one, and the soles of… — Robert Macfarlane
We cannot live in the past; it is gone. Nor can we live in the future; it is forever beyond our grasp. We can live… — S. N. Goenka
If we can develop the ability to be aware of the present moment, we can use the past as a guide for ordering our actions… — S. N. Goenka
When [the saints] perform actions to God, then the soul says: 'Oh! that I could do what pleases God!' When they come to suffer any… — Jeremiah Burroughs
We only have one life to live. Since everybody has the potential to be successful, I hope we'll all take an action and actually live… — Gackt
Purpose of counter-intelligence action is to disrupt and it is immaterial whether facts exist to substantiate the charge. If facts are present it aids in… — J. Edgar Hoover
I don't believe in luck. Luck comes to men of action. — Tom Platz
This isn't just 'the way things are.' This is the way you made them. This is the result of your choices, your actions. Yours. — Andrew Klavan
What is missing from the policy analyst's tool kit -- and from the set of accepted, well-developed theories of human organization -- is an adequately… — Elinor Ostrom

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