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Showing posts with label action. Show all posts
Showing posts with label action. Show all posts
Sunday, January 11, 2026
Sunday, November 24, 2024
Post #3257
He said, "There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow, so today is the right day to love, believe, do and mostly live."
—Dalai Lama
—Dalai Lama
Sunday, April 30, 2023
Post #3174
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.
—Chinese Proverb
—Chinese Proverb
Sunday, April 09, 2023
Post #3171
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.
—Amelia Earhart
Sunday, August 01, 2021
Sunday, July 18, 2021
Sunday, August 16, 2020
Post #3032
In every action reflect upon the end ; and in your undertaking it, consider why you do it.
—Jeremy Taylor
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Thursday, March 14, 2019
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Post #2472
What a man knows should find its expression in what he does. The value of superior knowledge is chiefly in of that it leads to a performing manhood.
—Christian Nestell Bovee
—Christian Nestell Bovee
Monday, December 18, 2017
Post #2471
I have lived to know that the secret of happiness is never to allow your energies to stagnate.
—Adam Clarke
—Adam Clarke
Friday, September 22, 2017
Post #2410
When desperate ills demand a speedy cure, distrust is cowardice, and prudence folly.
—Samuel Johnson
—Samuel Johnson
Friday, December 02, 2016
Post #2220
Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
—Sallust
—Sallust
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Monday, August 01, 2016
Thursday, July 21, 2016
Post #2124
Man is born for action; he ought to do something. Work, at each step, awakens a sleeping force and roots out error. Who does nothing, knows nothing. Rise! to work! If thy knowledge is real, employ it; wrestle with nature; test the strength of thy theories; see if they will support the trial; act!
—Aloysius Gonzaga
—Aloysius Gonzaga
Monday, June 27, 2016
Post #2106
It is not enough to know; we must apply what we know. It is not enough to will; we must also act.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Friday, October 02, 2015
Post #1915
Life is a short day; but it is a working day. Activity may lead to evil, but inactivity cannot lead to good.
— Hannah More
— Hannah More
Monday, July 14, 2014
Post #1596
Attack is the reaction; I never think I have hit hard unless it rebounds.
—Samuel Johnson
Monday, August 26, 2013
Post #1326
Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.
—Thomas Huxley
—Thomas Huxley
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
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