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  • Seneca No action will be considered blameless, unless the will was so, for by the will the act was dictated.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Benjamin Robbins Curtis No government can be strong and flourishing while the national character is weak and degraded. A government must flourish and decay with its subjects; and, when a prince makes a law or performs an action which has a tendency to injure the character or prosperity of the nation, he injures himself.
    Benjamin Robbins Curtis
    American attorney (1809 - 1874)
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  • Rachel Carson No witchcraft, no enemy action had silenced the rebirth of new life in this stricken world. The people had done it themselves.
    Rachel Carson
    American marine biologist, author, and conservationist (1907 - 1964)
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  • Oscar Wilde No, Ernest, don't talk about action. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Harriet Beecher Stowe Nobody had ever instructed him that a slave-ship, with a procession of expectant sharks in its wake, is a missionary institution, by which closely-packed heathen are brought over to enjoy the light of the Gospel.
    Harriet Beecher Stowe
    American Novelist (1811 - 1896)
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  • Barbara Deming Nonviolent action does not have to get others to be nice. It can in effect force them to consult their consciences.
    Barbara Deming
    American feminist and advocate (0 - 1984)
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  • Barbara Deming Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.
    Barbara Deming
    American feminist and advocate (0 - 1984)
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  • A. Philip Randolph Nothing counts but pressure, pressure, more pressure, and still more pressure through broad organized aggressive mass action.
    A. Philip Randolph
    American labor unionist and civil rights activist (1889 - 1979)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Bhagavad Gita On action alone be thy interest, Never on its fruits. Let not the fruits of action be thy motive, Nor be thy attachment to inaction.
    Bhagavadgita
    Bhagavad Gita
    Indian Hindu storybook
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  • Sir Walter Scott One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation.
    Sir Walter Scott
    British writer and poet (1771 - 1832)
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  • Eric Hoffer One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Alan Lakein One of the secrets of getting more done is to make a TO DO List every day, keep it visible, and use it as a guide to action as you go through the day.
    Alan Lakein
    American author on personal time management
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  • Jean Paul Only action gives life strength, only moderation gives it charm.
    Jean Paul
    German poet (ps. by Johann P.F. Richter) (1763 - 1825)
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  • Augustus Hare Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action.
    Augustus Hare
    English writer (1834 - 1903)
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  • Campbell Brown Our educational establishment is failing; it is past time for courage, honesty, and action commensurate with the need, particularly here in the United States.
    Campbell Brown
    American journalist (1968 - )
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  • Anais Nin Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They must be woven together.
    Anais Nin
    French-born American Novelist, Dancer (1903 - 1977)
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  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    American president (1890 - 1969)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Our spontaneous action is always the best. You cannot, with your best deliberation and heed, come so close to any question as your spontaneous glance shall bring you.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Bob Keeshan Parents are the ultimate role models for children. Every word, movement and action has an effect. No other person or outside force has a greater influence on a child than the parent.
    Bob Keeshan
    American television producer and actor (1927 - 2004)
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