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Action

«It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure on the world.»
«I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.»
«I am very ambitious. I want to enjoy this and then really go for it.»
Author: Ronaldo (Soccer Player) | About: Action | Keywords: ambitious, go for, go for it
«I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them»
«I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.»
Author: John Locke (Philosopher) | About: Action | Keywords: interpreters
«I have to act to live.»
Author: Lee Iacocca | About: Action
«I did not want to be a tree, a flower or a wave. In a dancer's body, we as audience must see ourselves, not the imitated behavior of everyday actions, not the phenomenon of nature, not exotic creatures from another planet, but something of a miracle.»
«I call 'crystallization' that action of the mind that discovers fresh perfections in its beloved at every turn of events.»
Author: Stendhal | About: Action | Keywords: crystallization, discovers, turn of events
«I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the source of national action, the human heart as the source of national compassion, and in the human mind as the source of our invention and our ideas»
«It should be noted that the games of children are not games, and must be considered as their most serious actions»