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Letter "A" » Action
«Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou.»
«Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.»
Author: Charles F. Kettering
| About:
Action,
Belief
| Keywords:
act, acting out, act as, act out, As If, believe, fail, impossible, were
«Be the change you want to see in the world.»
«Be great in act, as you have been in thought.»
«By far the most dangerous foe we have to fight is apathy - indifference from whatever cause, not from a lack of knowledge, but from carelessness, from absorption in other pursuits, from a contempt bred of self satisfaction»
Author: William Osler
(Physician)
| About:
Action,
Apathy
| Keywords:
absorption, apathy, bred, by far, carelessness, contempt, foe, indifference, pursuits, self-satisfaction
«Beings are owners of their action, heirs of their action.»
«A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.»
«A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends»
Author: George Washington
(President)
| About:
Action,
Friends
| Keywords:
acquaintance, convince, criterion, slender
«Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| About:
Action
| Keywords:
Actions, aroma, atmosphere, behave, enhance, enhancing, general, General A, General of the, General The, sweetness, The General, well behaved
«Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor: suit the action to the word, the word to the action.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Action
| Keywords:
discretion, suit, tame, tamer, tames, tamest, taming, the Action, The Word, tutor, tutored, tutors
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