"Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely."
Erma Louise Bombeck
140 Top-Notch Quotes about Action
"Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to the end, requires some of the same courage which a soldier needs."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
(May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American philosopher, lecturer, essayist, and poet, best remembered for leading the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.
"The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life, and the procedure, the process is its own reward."
Robyn Davidson
(born September 6, 1950) is an Australian writer best known for her book Tracks, about a 1,700-mile trek across the deserts of west Australia using camels.
"The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest, success only comes later."
Confucius
(September 28, 551 BC – 479 BC) was a Chinese thinker and social philosopher.
"Knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste."
Lucille Désirée Ball
(August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American comedienne, film, television, stage and radio actress, model, film and television executive.One of the most popular and influential stars in America during her lifetime, with one of Hollywood's longest careers, especially on television.
"It's not what you do once in a while, it's what you do day in and day out that makes the difference."
Jenny Craig
(born Genevieve Guidroz on August 7, 1932 in Berwick) is an American weight loss guru.
"Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Delay may give clearer light as to what best to be done."
Aaron Burr, Jr.
(February 6, 1756 – September 14, 1836) served as the third Vice President of the United States (1801–1805) under President Thomas Jefferson, and was the first Vice President to never serve as President. He fought in the Revolutionary War, was an important political figure in the nation's early history, and spent much of his career after politics engaging
in a number of controversial adventures.
"There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today."
Mignon McLaughlin
(June 6, 1913 - December 20, 1983) was an American journalist and author.
"A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always act subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action."
Jawaharlal Nehru
(14 November 1889–27 May 1964) was an Indian statesman who was the first (and to date the longest-serving) prime minister of India, from 1947 until 1964. One of the leading figures in the Indian independence movement.
"It's amazing what one can do when one doesn't know what one can't do."
Jim Davids
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"I don't believe in a fate that falls on men however they act, but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act."
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
(29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English writer. His prolific and diverse output included philosophy, ontology, poetry, play writing, journalism, public lecturing and debating, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy and detective fiction.
