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Action Quotes by Swami Vivekananda
- Every act of charity, every thought of sympathy, every action of help, every good deed, is taking so much of self-importance away from our little…
- Seek no praise, no reward, for anything you do. No sooner do we perform a good action than we begin to desire credit for it.…
- First, meditation should be of a negative nature. Think away everything. Analyse everything that comes in the mind by the sheer action of the will.…
- Perfection does not come from belief or faith. Talk does not count for anything. Parrots can do that. Perfection comes through the disinterested performance of…
- We are the makers of our own lives. There is no such thing as fate. Our lives are the result of our previous actions, our…
- All action of Sattva, a modification of Prakriti characterised by light and happiness, is for the soul. When Sattva is free from egoism and illuminated…
- How long do you remember that it is the Lord who is making you work? But then, by repeatedly analysing like that, you will come…
- Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil.
- Man is the product of two forces, action and reaction, which make him think.
- The present is determined by our past actions, and the future by the present.
- External motion we call action; internal motion is human thought.
- If one has got power, one must manifest it in action.
- When once you consider an action, do not let anything dissuade you. Consult your heart, not others, and then follow its dictates.
- Watch people do their most common actions; these are indeed the things that will tell you the real character of a great person.
- True religion comes not front the teaching of men or the reading of books; it is the awakening of the spirit within us, consequent upon…
- Books cannot teach God, but they can destroy ignorance; their action is negative.
- I ask you all so earnestly to open girl's schools in every village and try to uplift them. If the Conditions of women are raised,…
- We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are…
- If you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith,…
- If you really want to judge the character of a man, look not at his great performances. Watch a man do his most common actions.
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- Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
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- Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave… — Aristotle
- Well begun is half done. — Aristotle
- A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole is what… — Aristotle