ACTION QUOTES IV

quotations about action

As a man believes, so he will act.

SAM HARRIS

The End of Faith

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Action is character.

F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

Notes for The Last Tycoon

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The man of action is not the headstrong fool who rushes into danger with no thought for himself, but the man who puts into practice the things he knows.

CESARE PAVESE

This Business of Living, Sep. 19, 1938

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The bridge of life is built on the scaffold of action, but rests finally on the piers of results.

LEWIS F. KORNS

Thoughts

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Our actions are like blank rhymes, to which everyone applies what sense he pleases.

FRANÇOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Moral Maxims

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Every act is an expression of one's self.

EIJI YOSHIKAWA

Musashi

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An action is the perfection and publication of thought.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Nature

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Sometimes we have to do a thing in order to find out the reason for it. Sometimes our actions are questions, not answers.

JOHN LE CARRÉ

A Perfect Spy

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The views of men can only be known, or guessed at, by their words or actions.

GEORGE WASHINGTON

letter to Patrick Henry, Jan. 15, 1799

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Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.

BRUCE LEE

Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way

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Action is eloquence.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Coriolanus

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Your actions are like a beacon of light that other staff can aspire to follow and depend upon for guidance.

MAHMUD MOHAMMED

"Nigeria: Budget Constraint Crippling the Judiciary, Says CJN", All Africa, September 6, 2016


We become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.

ARISTOTLE

Nicomachean Ethics

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Our deeds are like children that are born to us; they live and act apart from our own will. Nay, children may be strangled, but deeds never: they have an indestructible life both in and out of our consciousness.

GEORGE ELIOT

Romola

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Action without a name, a "who" attached to it, is meaningless.

HANNAH ARENDT

The Human Condition

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A man often imagines that he acts, when he is acted upon.

FRANÇOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Moral Maxims


When you act with a genuine heart, everything will fall into place.

RUBY LIM

"Imbibing the discipline of kendo", The Star Online, February 24, 2016


If one wants to be active, one must not be afraid of going wrong, one must not be afraid of making mistakes now and then. Many people think that they will become good just by doing no harm -- but that's a lie.... That way lies stagnation, mediocrity.

VINCENT VAN GOGH

letter to Theo van Gogh, Oct. 1884

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The only things you control are your actions. You decided to get down about something. That means you can also decide to do something that cheers you up.

DARIUS FOROUX

"7 Ways to Instantly Feel 10X Better", Huffington Post, March 1, 2016


Action is a business of risk; the real question is the magnitude of that risk.

WALTER BAGEHOT

Estimates of Some Englishmen and Scotchmen

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