Action

(109 votes)   It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.

Thomas Troward

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(107 votes)   We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.

John Dewey
1859-1952, American Philosopher, Educator

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(107 votes)   You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

Les Brown
1945-, American Speaker, Author, Trainer, Motivator Lecturer

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(105 votes)   Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity.

Johann Kaspar Lavater
1741-1801, Swiss Theologian, Mystic

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(100 votes)   The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to life. Albert Einstein It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.

Anais Nin
1914-1977, French-born American Novelist, Dancer

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(93 votes)   Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not.

William James
1842-1910, American Psychologist, Professor, Author

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(92 votes)   What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.

Ibo Proverbs
Sayings of Ibo Origin

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(91 votes)   He who strikes first, strikes twice.

Mexican Proverbs
Sayings of Mexican Origin

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(91 votes)   The early bird gets the worm.

American Proverbs
Sayings of American Origin

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(91 votes)   To talk goodness is not good... only to do it is.

Chinese Proverbs
Sayings of Chinese Origin

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(90 votes)   Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

William James
1842-1910, American Psychologist, Professor, Author

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(90 votes)   After all is said and done, more is said than done.

American Proverbs
Sayings of American Origin

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(90 votes)   I hear and I forget, I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

Chinese Proverbs
Sayings of Chinese Origin

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(90 votes)   Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
1749-1832, German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist

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(89 votes)   Act, if you like, but you do it at your peril. Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist

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