Action Quotes
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Freedom is the alone unoriginated birthright of man, and belongs to him by force of his humanity; and is independence on the will and co-action of every other in so far as this consists with every other person’s freedom.
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I wonder where a guy, an everyday Joe like myself can find a little action.
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Plot is character revealed by action.
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The ultimate end...is not knowledge, but action. To be half right on time may be more important than to obtain the whole truth too late.
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I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my Definite Purpose in life, therefore, I DEMAND of myself persistent, continuous action toward its attainment, and I here and now promise to render such action.
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Every action needs to be prompted by a motive. To know and to will are two operations of the human mind. Discerning, judging, deliberating are acts of the human mind.
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Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied, And vice sometime by action dignified.
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The basis of action is lack of imagination. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.
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Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
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Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
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All art is immortal. For emotion for the sake of emotion is the aim of art, and emotion for the sake of action is the aim of life.
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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.
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It is stories - both real and fictional - that can captivate hearts, change minds and, in the most powerful examples, spur action.
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To live is not breathing it is action.
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Action is the foundational key to all success.
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Music seems hard-wired into our very being. It moves us, stirs us to action, sets us in motion, sticks in our memories and minds.
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All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.
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There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action.
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He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it - namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to obtain.
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What makes 'Pootie Tang' the motion picture enjoyable is its no-brow ambitions; it's a joke action film. It slides through enough African-American pop culture signifiers to raise laughs out of those who will appreciate the references; it revels in more cheese per square inch than a soul food diner.
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Patience is also a form of action.
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I like to hire people that I've seen in action. I often hire people that were on the opposing side of a deal that I respect.
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Seems," madam? Nay, it is; I know not "seems." 'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother, Nor customary suits of solemn black, Nor windy suspiration of forced breath, No, nor the fruitful river in the eye, Nor the dejected 'havior of the visage, Together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief, That can denote me truly: these indeed seem, For they are actions that a man might play: But I have that within which passeth show; These but the trappings and the suits of woe.
