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Action Quotes
"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!"
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"Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting over lost days. Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute; What you can do, or dream you can do, begin it; Boldness has genius, power and magic in it."
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"Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is solid."
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"The time for revolt is now, and the time for revolt is always!"
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"You can remain faultless only when you constantly remain as a nimit [instrument, one of the doer and not the whole and sole doer] and remain in the intent of being an instrument [intent that I am one of the doer of many scientific circumstantial evidences]."
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"Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act."
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"When the water is calm, take as much distance as possible with your boat!"
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"It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility; they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it."
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"I don't try to explain or justify my actions. I simply do what I do."
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"If you let your man-made actions to be more frequent than your man-said words you will travail with praise in man-win visions. Do more, say less, win big."
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"Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often."
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"Taking action provides immediate feedback and an opportunity to review your progress to see if you are on the right track."
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"I can't accept collective responsibility for the decision to commit Britain now to military action in Iraq without international agreement or domestic support."
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"Jesus, I'm not going to be one of those people who sits around talking about what they're going to do. I'm just going to do it."
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"Say whatever, plan whatever (I really don't care), but the action and the result is the important the other is theory."
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"Do what ought to be done, here and now, to get you somewhere - anywhere."
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"Be perceptive. Be progressive. Be proactive. Be productive."
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"Showing up begins long before you stand at the start. Prove yourself an exception in a world where people talk more than act. Intent without follow-through is hollow. Disappoint yourself enough times and empty is how you feel. Make yourself proud. Fill yourself up. Show up."
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"To try is to accept the possibility of failure. Simply do."
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"The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything."
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"The worst of my actions or conditions seem not so ugly unto me as I find it both ugly and base not to dare to avouch for them."
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"Happiness is a state of activity."
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"God knows what possessed me, but having that science book in my hand propelled me to immediate action. So I hit her with it."
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"Strive to be active rather than lethargic-determined rather than wavering or lazy."
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"Instructions for successful living: Dream it. Plan it. Do it. Repeat."
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