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Letter "A" » Action
«Thou hast power only to act not over the result thereof. Act thou therefore without prospect of the result and without succcumbing to inaction (The translation follows thusKarmani ave adhikars te--you have the power to act onlyma phalesu kadachana--you do not have the power to influence the resultma karmaphal hetur bhoo--therefore you must act without the anticipation of the resultma sangostu akramani--without succumbing to inaction)»
Author: Bhagavad Gita
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Action
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anticipation, Ave, Hast, inaction, prospect, succumbed, succumbing, succumbs, thereof, translation
«Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.»
«This is the essence of character: the will and ability to put principle into action.»
Author: Scott Allen
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Action
«Thoughts lead on to purpose, purpose leads on to actions, actions form habits, habits decide character, and character fixes our destiny»
Author: Tryon Edwards
(Theologian)
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Action,
Character,
Habit,
Thinking
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fixes, lead on
«Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
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Action,
Thinking
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acting, difficult, easy, put, put into action, thinking
«Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory»
«To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.»
«Think'st thou existence doth depend on time? It doth; but actions are our epochs»
«Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it»
«Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.»
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