Quotes with action-packed

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  • W. Clement Stone Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
    W. Clement Stone
    American businessman and author (1902 - 2002)
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  • Charles Dickens This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Brooks Atkinson This nation was built by men who took risks - pioneers who were not afraid of the wilderness, business men who were not afraid of failure, scientists who were not afraid of the truth, thinkers who were not afraid of progress, dreamers who were not afraid of action.
    Brooks Atkinson
    American theatre critic (1894 - 1984)
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  • Cyril Connolly Those of us who were brought up as Christians and have lost our faith have retained the sense of sin without the saving belief in redemption. This poisons our thought and so paralyses us in action.
    Cyril Connolly
    British criticus (1903 - 1974)
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  • Bhagavad Gita Those who consciousness is unified abandon all attachment to the results of action and attain supreme peace. But those whose desires are fragmented, who are selfishly attached to the results of their work, are bound in everything they do.
    Bhagavad Gita
    Indian Hindu storybook
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  • William Wordsworth Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.
    William Wordsworth
    English poet (1770 - 1850)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Thought expands, but paralyzes; action animates, but narrows.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Doug Horton Thought precedes action, action does not always precede thought.
    Doug Horton
    American Protestant clergyman
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  • Tryon Edwards Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny.
    Tryon Edwards
    American theologian (1809 - 1894)
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  • John Dryden Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, but genius must be born; and never can be taught.
    John Dryden
    English poet and playwright (1631 - 1700)
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  • Myriam Miedzian To be deeply committed to negotiations, to be opposed to a particular war or military action, is not only considered unpatriotic, it also casts serious doubt on one's manhood.
    Myriam Miedzian
    American philosopher and author
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  • Scott Reed To begin with, you must realize that any idea accepted by the brain is automatically transformed into an action of some sort. It may take seconds or minutes or longer - but ideas always produce a reaction of some sort.
    Scott Reed
    American author
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  • Albert Camus To know oneself, one should assert oneself. Psychology is action, not thinking about oneself. We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die.
    Albert Camus
    French writer, essayist and Nobel Prize winner in literature (1956) (1913 - 1960)
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau To live is not breathing it is action.
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    French writer and philosopher (1712 - 1778)
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  • Ali ibn Abi Talib To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.
    Ali ibn Abi Talib
    Cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (601 - 661)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Barbara Deming To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek. The most effective action both resorts to power and engages conscience.
    Barbara Deming
    American feminist and advocate (0 - 1984)
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  • Miguel de Cervantes To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.
    Miguel de Cervantes
    Spanish writer and poet (1547 - 1616)
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  • Alan Cohen True progress comes not through action, but through awakening.
    Alan Cohen
    American businessman (1954 - )
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  • David Seabury Try out your ideas by visualizing them in action.
    David Seabury
    American psychologist, author, and lecturer (1885 - 1960)
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