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    When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.

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I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we read more

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.

by Oliver Wendell Holmes Found in: Action Quotes,
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He is at no end of his actions blest
Whose ends will make greatest and not best.

He is at no end of his actions blest
Whose ends will make greatest and not best.

by George Chapman Found in: Action Quotes,
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A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of read more

A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of action.. You must act as you breathe.

by Georges Clemenceau Found in: Action Quotes,
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Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough read more

Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing.

by G. M. Trevelyan 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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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

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Think like a man of action and act like a man of thought.

Think like a man of action and act like a man of thought.

by Henri Bergson Found in: Action Quotes,
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Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at read more

Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Action Quotes,
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Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the read more

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.

by Peter Marshall Found in: Action Quotes,
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