"Act-act in the living present!"

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

Action, Now, Present, Motivational

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"Courage doesn't defeat fear or erase fear or adjust to fear. Courage acts, plain and simple, in the midst of fear."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"We can't continuously be a society of well-wishers. We must take action to bring those wishes to fruition."

Steve Maraboli, American Author

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"Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not."

William James, American Philosopher

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"Trust in the silent doers. It is far more difficult to put your dreams into action than into flowery words."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference."

Henry Miller, American Author

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"Do what ought to be done, here and now, to get you somewhere - anywhere."

Charlotte Eriksson, American Psychologist

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"There is something healthy and invigorating about direct action."

Henry Miller, American Author

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"You poor, patient man, you think you have time? The best thing you can do for yourself is to stop waiting for something and refuse to be patient! Waiting is nonsense! Patience is rubbish! Get rid of these cultural and religious baloneys, throw away these turtle strategies! No waiting! No patience! Do whatever you want to do now! You have only 'now' in your hand to do something! You poor, slow man; you poor turtle man! Speed up! To speed up is the greatest revolution man needs!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"While the sun is shining on you, solve all your problems or else you shall be lost forever in the darkness!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Action, Urgency, Truth, Life, Wisdom

"Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction."

Will Rogers, American Actor

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