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    I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

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Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Action Quotes,
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Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties read more

Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.

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Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.

by William Wordsworth Found in: Action Quotes,
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It's not what I do, but the way I do it. It's not what I say, but the way I read more

It's not what I do, but the way I do it. It's not what I say, but the way I say it.

by Mae West Found in: Action Quotes, Potential Quotes,
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Like a wind scattering
dandelion spores
or maple samaras
Lind the NASA shuttle
which when it read more

Like a wind scattering
dandelion spores
or maple samaras
Lind the NASA shuttle
which when it exploded
sent people and thousands
of captive lab animals
over 6 states
the innocent little
nameless
Mad Cow* was decimated
after
drawn and quartered
and sent by porters
to 4 states' quarters.

by O Anna Niemus Found in: Action Quotes,
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Watch your thoughts, for they become words.Watch your words, for they become actions.Watch your actions, for they become habits.Watch your read more

Watch your thoughts, for they become words.Watch your words, for they become actions.Watch your actions, for they become habits.Watch your habits, for they become character.Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.

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Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great read more

Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.

by Daniel Webster Found in: Action Quotes,
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Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.

Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.

by Giuseppe Garibaldi Found in: Action Quotes,
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