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    Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.

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Many fine things can be done in a day if you don't always make that day tomorrow

Many fine things can be done in a day if you don't always make that day tomorrow

by Winston Churchill Found in: Action Quotes,
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It is better to wear out than to rust out.

It is better to wear out than to rust out.

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To-morrow let us do or die.

To-morrow let us do or die.

by Thomas Campbell Found in: Action Quotes,
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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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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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Beings are owners of their action, heirs of their action.

Beings are owners of their action, heirs of their action.

by Buddha Found in: Action Quotes,
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Put his shoulder to the wheel.

Put his shoulder to the wheel.

by Robert Burton Found in: Action Quotes,
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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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Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the read more

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.

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