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    Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.

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He is at no end of his actions blest
Whose ends will make greatest and not best.

He is at no end of his actions blest
Whose ends will make greatest and not best.

by George Chapman Found in: Action Quotes,
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Zeus hates busybodies and those who do too much.

Zeus hates busybodies and those who do too much.

by Euripides Found in: Action Quotes,
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I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we read more

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

by Oliver Wendell Holmes Found in: Action Quotes,
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You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.

You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.

by John N. Mitchell Found in: Action Quotes,
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The best way out is always through.

The best way out is always through.

by Robert Frost Found in: Action Quotes,
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What's done we partly may compute,
But know not what's resisted.

What's done we partly may compute,
But know not what's resisted.

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To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Action Quotes,
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It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.

by Anatole France Found in: Action Quotes,
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Actions of the last age are like almanacs of the last year.

Actions of the last age are like almanacs of the last year.

by Sir John Denham Found in: Action Quotes,
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