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• Being busy and being productive are not necessarily the same. Many people keep busy to avoid taking action on things they're afraid to pursue.

  Lauren Mackler

  People, Action, Busy

  "8 Principles for Having Fun" by Lauren Mackler, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 24, 2010.

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• I find placebos uplifting and exhilarating. It means that taking action--no matter what the action is--might help you feel better.

  A. J. Jacobs

  Uplifting, Mean, Feel Better

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• Fear is a dangerous thing. Once it is sanctioned by the state there is no telling where it might lead. It is always a short path to walk from being suspicious of our fellow citizens to taking actions to restrict their liberty.

  Justin Trudeau

  Liberty, Might, Path

  "Canadian Liberty and the Politics of Fear". Speech at the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, www.liberal.ca. March 10, 2015.

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• Empathy is the starting point for creating a community and taking action. It’s the impetus for creating change.

  Max Carver

  Creating, Empathy, Community

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• Do it and do it now. Err on the side of taking action

  J. Willard Marriott

  Sides, Action

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• "Going with the flow" is for some people an excuse for not taking action and it refers usually to one's life situation.

  Eckhart Tolle

  People, Going With The Flow, Action

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• When you become comfortable with uncertainty, infinite possibilities open up in your life. It means fear is no longer a dominant factor in what you do and no longer prevents you from taking action to initiate change. The Roman philosopher Tacitus rightly observed that 'the desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.' If uncertainty is unacceptable to you, it turns into fear. If it is perfectly acceptable, it turns into aliveness, alertness and creativity.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Creativity, Mean, Safety

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• Creative and action are synonymous. You can't be creative. Without taking action.

  Steve Fisher

  Creative, Action, Be Creative

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• Now is the time to divest and invest to let our world leaders know that we, as individuals and institutions, are taking action to address climate change, and we expect them to do their part this December in Paris at the U.N. climate talks.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Our World, Paris, Leader

  "Institutions worth $2.6 trillion have now pulled investments out of fossil fuels" by Damian Carrington, Emma Howard, www.theguardian.com. September 22, 2015.

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• I've heard people say that they cling to their painful thoughts
  because they're afraid that without them they wouldn't be activists for peace.
  “If I feel peaceful,” they say, “why would I bother taking action at all?”
  My answer is “Because that's what love does.”
  To think that we need sadness or outrage
  to motivate us to do what's right is insane.
  As if the clearer and happier you get, the less kind you become.
  As if when someone finds freedom, she just sits around all day
  with drool running down her chin.
  My experience is the opposite.
  Love is action.

  Byron Katie

  Running, Sadness, Love Is

  "Loving Without Exception". Omega Interview, www.eomega.org. March 18, 2015.

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• Learning is not watching a video, learning is taking action and seeing what happens.

  Seth Godin

  Video, Action, Happens

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• And we think that our citizens and yours would be very angry if they thought that we hadnt taken every possible step for prevention and then for joint action in the likelihood of those who threaten our lives and our well- being, taking action at the same time.

  David Blunkett

  Taken, Thinking, Would Be

  "Interview with British Home Secretary David Blunkett". "CNN Live on Location" with Judy Wiidruff, www.cnn.com. April 3, 2003.

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• Without a standard there is no logical basis for making a decision or taking action.

  Joseph M. Juran

  Decision, Action, Logical

  Joseph M. Juran (1995). “Managerial Breakthrough: The Classic Book on Improving Management Performance”

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• We place the highest value on actual implementation and taking action. There are many things one doesn’t understand and therefore, we ask them why don’t you just go ahead and take action, try to do something? You realize how little you know and you face your own failures and you simply can correct those failures and redo it again and at the second trial you realize another mistake or another thing you didn’t like so you can redo it once again. So by constant improvement, or, should I say, the improvement based upon action, one can rise to the higher level of practice and knowledge.

  Fujio Cho

  Mistake, Practice, Trying

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• No one can be guaranteed success without failures along the way. But one thing that guarantees failure is never taking action.

  Clifton Anderson

  Way, Guarantees, Action

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• It is not for us to forecast the future, but to shape it.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Shapes, Action, Forecasts

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• It is better to gain a foot than to stand still, even when you seek to gain a mile.

  Hubert H. Humphrey

  Feet, Gains, Action

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• Everything must degenerate into work if anything is to happen.

  Peter Drucker

  Degenerates, Action, Happens

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• Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.

  Al Bernstein

  Jobs, Stupid, Done

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• Healing requires taking action-it is not a passive event.

  Caroline Myss

  Healing, Events, Action

  Twitter post from Sep 04, 2013

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• Courage, like fear, is a habit. The more you do it, the more you do it, and this habit-of stepping up, of taking action-more than anything else, will move you in a different direction.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Moving, Different

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• Give yourself a deadline to stop planning and to start taking action.

  Andy Gilbert

  Giving, Action, Planning

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• You and you alone are responsible for taking actions to create the life of your dreams. Nobody else can (or will) do it for you.

  Jack Canfield

  Dream, Action, Responsible

  Twitter post from Feb 22, 2014

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• Dear Procrastinator: Taking action in and of itself is not difficult, but is in fact satisfying and is usually followed by a sense of pride & accomplishment. However, it is THINKING about the action that you should be taking and NOT taking it that's difficult, as it leaves you feeling guilty and unsatisfied. THE SOLUTION: Stop thinking and take action NOW.

  Hal Elrod

  Pride, Thinking, Accomplishment

  FaceBook post by Hal Elrod from Sep 03, 2010

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• Look in your own heart. Unless I'm crazy, right now a still small voice is piping up, telling you as it has ten thousand times, the calling that is yours and yours alone. You know it. No one has to tell you. And unless I'm crazy, you're no closer to taking action on it than you were yesterday or will be tomorrow. You think Resistance isn't real? Resistance will bury you.

  Steven Pressfield

  Motivational, Crazy, Real

  Steven Pressfield (2002). “The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles”, p.23, Black Irish Entertainment LLC

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