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Letter "A" » Action
«We become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.»
Author: Aristotle
(Philosopher, Physician, Scientist)
| About:
Action
| Keywords:
performing, temperate
«We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about»
«Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.»
«We are born to action; and whatever is capable of suggesting and guiding action has power over us from the first.»
«We are all ruled in what we do by impulses; and these impulses are so organized that our actions in general serve for our self preservation and that of the race.»
Author: Edna St. Vincent Millay
| About:
Action
| Keywords:
do by, impulses, in general, organized, preservation, ruled, self preservation
«We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.»
Author: John Dewey
(Educator, Philosopher, Psychologist)
| About:
Action
| Keywords:
concrete, individualize, individualized, individualizes, individualizing, in general, specific
«We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain»
Author: Saint Augustine
(Bishop, Theologian)
| About:
Action
| Keywords:
beasts, bodily, class, concerned, seeking
«We owe our troops the opportunity to serve in the best-planned, best-equipped, and best-led military force in the world, and we owe them the peace of mind that comes from knowing that they and their families will be taken care of if they sacrifice life, limb or the ability to sleep without war's nightmares. We owe them not just thanks and best wishes, but action, and action in our nation's capital.»
«We are face to face with our destiny and we must meet it with a high and resolute courage. For us is the life of action, of strenuous performance of duty; let us live in the harness, striving mightily; let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out.»
«Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong - these are the features which constitute the»
Author: Winston Churchill
(Author, Orator, Prime Minister)
| About:
Action,
Foresight,
Risk-taking
| Keywords:
clear-thinking, constitute, counsel, emergency, features, foresight, gong, gongs, jarring, jars, preservation, self preservation, strikes, The Emergency, unwillingness
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