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• The act of God injures no one.

  Juvenal

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• There is no secret of the heart which our actions do not disclose.

  Moliere

  Heart, Secret, Our Actions

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• I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.

  Tennessee Williams

  Light, Rude, Naked

  Tennessee Williams (2004). “A Streetcar Named Desire”, p.60, New Directions Publishing

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• To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.

  Hugh Prather

  Frustration, Mindfulness, Would Be

  Hugh Prather (1970). “Notes to myself: my struggle to become a person”

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• A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.

  Ayn Rand

  Inspirational, Witty, Goal

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.286, Hamilton Books

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• Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed.

  Jean Anouilh

  Magic, Mind, Genius

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• Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigor, and activity of man's nature.

  Robert South

  Power, Men, Drawing

  Robert South (1727). “Twelve Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions”, p.140

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• We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.

  Tony Robbins

  Motivational, Spiritual, Powerful

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.487, Simon and Schuster

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• All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.

  Sai Baba

  Matter, Results

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• We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.

  Philip James Bailey

  Life, Gratitude, Heart

  Philip James Bailey (1845). “Festus: A Poem”, p.80

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• I don't want to be left behind. In fact, I want to be here before the action starts.

  Kerry Packer

  Technology, Opportunity, Want

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• 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

  Love, Dream, Collective Unconscious

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• The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.

  Colin Powell

  Business, Health, Destiny

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• Each of us literally chooses, by his way of attending to things, what sort of universe he shall appear to himself to inhabit.

  William James

  Optimistic, Acting, Way

  William James (2012). “The Principles of Psychology”, p.424, Courier Corporation

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• Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are at the mercy of those who have none.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Freedom, Men, Mercy

  Dan Laurence, George Bernard Shaw (1999). “Plays Political: The Apple Cart, On the Rocks, Geneva”, p.253, Penguin UK

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• The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working. Beethoven, Wagner, Bach and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand with as much regularity as an accountant settles down each day to his figures. They didn't waste time waiting for inspiration.

  Ernest Newman

  Jobs, Work, Inspiration

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• I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's where the fun is.

  Donald Trump

  Inspirational, Success, Time

  Donald J. Trump, Tony Schwartz (2009). “Trump: The Art of the Deal”, p.2, Ballantine Books

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• In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time-lag of fifty years or a century intervening between the perception that something ought to be done and a serious attempt to do it.

  H. G. Wells

  Time, Years, Rely Upon

  The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind (1931) ch. 2

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• Do not say things. What you are stands over you the while, and thunders, so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Wise, Over You, Thunder

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume VIII: Letters and Social Aims”, p.52, Harvard University Press

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• The legs are the wheels of creativity.

  Albert Einstein

  Creativity, Acting, Legs

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• Goals help you channel your energy into action.

  Les Brown

  Powerful, Inspirational Life, Goal

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• Quite often, as life goes on, when we feel completely secure as we go on our way, we suddenly notice that we are trapped in error, that we have allowed ourselves to be taken in by individuals, by objects, have dreamt up an affinity with them which immediately vanishes before our waking eye; and yet we cannot tear ourselves away, held fast by some power that seems incomprehensible to us. Sometimes, however, we become fully aware and realize that error as well as truth can move and spur us on to action.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Life, Moving, Taken

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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.

  Napoleon Hill

  Wisdom, Determination, Goal

  Napoleon Hill, Judith Williamson (2016). “Do It Now!”, p.155, Jaico Publishing House

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• Big words seldom accompany good deeds.

  Charlotte Whitton

  Accompany You, Accompany Us, Deeds

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• My actions are my only true belongings.

  Nhat Hanh

  Peace, Buddhist, Truth

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2006). “Understanding Our Mind: 50 Verses on Buddhist Psychology”, p.227, Parallax Press

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