Isaac Newton
Mathematician, Physicist, Astronomer
"Every action has an equal and opposite reaction"
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Jean-Paul Sartre
Philosopher, Writer
"Man is nothing else but what he purposes, he exists only in so far as he realizes himself, he is therefore nothing else but the sum of his actions, nothing else but what his life is."
John Calvin
Theologian, Reformer
"When I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly."
Marcus Aurelius
Philosopher, Emperor
"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way."
Alexander Graham Bell
Inventor
"The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action."
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"In anger we should refrain both from speech and action."
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"The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do."
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"During the earliest stages the child perceives things like a solipsist who is unaware of himself as subject and is familiar only with his own actions."
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"They deceive themselves who believe that union with God consists in ecstasies or raptures, and in the enjoyment of Him. For it consists in nothing except the surrender and subjection of our will - with our thoughts, words and actions - to the will of God."
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"To understand is hard. Once one understands, action is easy."
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"Your action expresses your priorities."
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"Your genuine action will explain itself, and will explain your other genuine actions. Your conformity explains nothing."
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"It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do."
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"Success is not only for the elite. Success is there for those who want it, plan for it, and take action to achieve it."
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"An individual action, multiplied by millions, creates global change."
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"What you are will show in what you do."
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"As you become comfortable with uncertainty, infinite possibilities open up in your life. It means fear is no longer a dominant factor in what you do and no longer prevents you from taking action to initiate change."
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"There is no safer anchorage for our learning, our lives, and our public actions than that provided by Divine teachings."
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"If you limit your actions in life to things that nobody can possibly find fault with, you will not do much!"
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"These men are all talk; What is needed is action - action!"
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"It's pretty simple - The Action you take will determine the results you Achieve."
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"Out of anger comes controversy, out of controversy comes conversation, out of conversation comes action."
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"Beginning is not only a kind of action. It is also a frame of mind, a kind of work, an attitude, a consciousness."
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"The true definition of madness is repeating the same action, over and over, hoping for a different result."
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"When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action."
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