Action Quotes
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With two laps to go then the action will begin, unless this is the action, which it is.
Murray Walker
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My opinion of the Russians has changed most drastically in the last week than even (sic) the two-and-a-half years before that. It's only now dawning upon the world the magnitude of the action that the Soviets undertook in invading Afghanistan.
Jimmy Carter
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I have rarely seen the face of a mechanic in the action of creation which was not fine, never one which was not earnest and impressive.
Thomas Nelson Page
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People see only my actions. Instead, if I focus on Christ with thanksgiving, people see Him.
Francis Chan
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Remember, it's not what you do but that you do something that matters.
Cherie Carter-Scott
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The grand delusion of contemporary liberals is that they have both the right and the ability to move their fellow creatures around like blocks of wood - and that the end results will be no different than if people had voluntarily chosen the same action
Thomas Sowell
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Duty is a very personal thing. It is what comes from knowing the need to take action and not just a need to urge others to do something.
Mother Teresa
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I love doing action; I love doing martial arts. There's almost something balletic about it.
Michelle Ryan
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The food of hope is meditative action.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
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Suppose you were to come upon someone in the woods working feverishly to saw down a tree. "What are you doing?" you ask. "Can't you see?" comes the impatient reply. "I'm sawing down this tree." "You look exhausted!" you exclaim. "How long have you been at it?" "Over five hours," he returns, "and I'm beat! This is hard work." 'Well, why don't you take a break for a few minutes and sharpen that saw?" you inquire. "I'm sure it would go a lot faster." "I don't have time to sharpen the saw," the man says emphatically. "I'm too busy sawing!"
Stephen Covey
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There is some risk involved in action, there always is. But there is far more risk in failure to act.
Harry S Truman
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Faith in action is love, and love in action is service. By transforming that faith into living acts of love, we put ourselves in contact with God Himself, with Jesus our Lord.
Mother Teresa
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New Customers come from the action of past customers.
Eric Ries
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There's nothing - there's nothing - as action-packed as 'Hawaii Five-O.'
Michelle Borth
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I'm equally terrified of both comedy and drama. The only thing I'm really comfortable with is action.
Michael Shannon
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Can someone eat the fruit that comes from the tree of action that grows from the seeds of your mind?
Eugene J. Martin
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I do think that animated films have the ability to touch you someplace. There is something about live action movies that is different because we know the characters are real people, so they always stay flawed for us somehow. But animated films touch us in a very clear, uncomplicated place. They have that ability. And an animated character can make an expression in a way humans can't do.
Steve Martin
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If our feelings control our actions, it is because we have abdicated our responsibility and empowered them to do so.
Stephen Covey
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Heroes and cowards feel the same fear and action creates opportunities.
Garrison Wynn
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In any organization there ought to be the possibility of discussion... fence sitting is an art, and it's difficult, and it's important to do, rather than to go headlong in one direction or the other. It's just better to have action, isn't it than to sit on the fence? Not if you're not sure which way to go, it isn't.
Richard Feynman
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What we are is serious. And you see us in action, so it's not in personas. It's in actions and it's what we do. And that's why Russia was left on an island when it came to Syria. Everyone else isolated them with their connection with Bashar Assad and Iran.
Nikki Haley
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Principles are natural laws that are external to us and that ultimately control the consequences of our actions. Values are internal and subjective and represent that which we feel strongest about in guiding our behavior.
Stephen Covey
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He's a class act - a bloke that I thought had the perfect action. Just the way he went about his business - he had aggression when he needed it and then he could go back and bowl his line and length. He's a fantastic role model for the kids.
Brett Lee
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Action that is clearly right needs no justification.
Elisabeth Elliot