Action Quote by Wendell Phillips Download Open image “What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action.” — Wendell Phillips ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Action World
The objection to Puritans is not that they try to make us think as they do, but that they try to make us do… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Puritans thought they could simply repress man's sexual nature, and they reaped a whirlwind as a result. Their code of sexual morality -… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
The Puritan did not stop to think; he recognized God in his soul, and acted. — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
You know the puritan ethic that started out four centuries ago in this country, needless to say - at least for the moment -… — James Young Copy Share Image
The Puritans came to America to worship in their way and to force everybody else to do the same thing. — Sam Levenson Copy Share Image
The Puritans' sense of priorities in life was one of their greatest strengths. Putting God first and valuing everything else in relation to God… — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
Puritans will never believe it, but life is full of disagreeable things that aren't even good for you. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
“But what would cause Yankeedom eventually to be so loathed by the other nations was its desire—indeed, its mission—to impose its ways on everyone… — Colin Woodard Copy Share Image
Puritanism was an honourable mood; it was a noble fad. In other words, it was a highly creditable mistake. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living. — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few. — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
The Puritan's idea of hell is a place where everybody has to mind his own business. — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
The paleontological evidence before us today clearly demonstrates ordered progressive change with the successive development of new faunal and floral assemblages through the changing… — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
The press is the exclusive literature of the million; to them it is literature, church, and college. — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
Neither do I acknowledge the right of Plymouth to the whole rock. No, the rock underlies all America: it only crops out here. — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
The heart beats louder and the soul hears quicker in silence and solitude. — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
Freedom to preach was first gained, dragging in its train freedom to print. — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
Politicians are like the bones of a horse's foreshoulder-not a straight one in it. — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
Wants awaken intellect. To gratify them disciplines intellect. The keener the want the lustier the growth. — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
I always say there are two things to be successful. The first is decide exactly what you want - set your goals - and… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
Gratitude isn't just a feeling, it's an action. Expressing gratitude by writing in a journal, taking a photo, or shooting a video creates a… — Janice Kaplan Copy Share Image
Nothing is so powerful as an insight into human nature... what compulsions drive a man, what instincts dominate his action. If you know these… — William Bernbach Copy Share Image
Every thought I have imprisioned in expression I must free by my deeds — Kahlil Gibran Copy Share Image
It took me 20 years to buy an electric typewriter, because I was afraid it would be too sensitive. I like to bang the… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
As you begin changing your thinking, start immediately to change your behaviour. Begin to act the part of the person you would like to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's easy to say, let's go in and get the bad guys. But you have a divided country of Sunnis and Shias. The United… — Tulsi Gabbard Copy Share Image
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Action is a powerful thing. When you smile through your sadness, it can completely change your outlook. Try it! Smile :) Now hold onto… — Leticia Rae Copy Share Image
