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"What is faith if it is not translated into action?"
"Prayer presupposes faith. No prayer is in vain. Prayer is like any other action."
"Pure motives can never justify impure or violent action."
"Without devotion, action and knowledge are cold and dry and many even become shackles."
"I am not built for academic writings. Action is my domain."
"God is continuously in action, without resting for a single moment."
"Priorities lie in your actions"
"For me the present is merged in eternity. I may not sacrifice the latter for the present."
"All my actions have their rise in my inalienable love of mankind."
"The value of actions lies in their timing."
"Build up virtue, and you master all."
"Act non-action; undertake no undertaking; taste the tasteless."
"If you practice inaction, nothing will be left undone: For the way to acquire lordship over society is by invariably not interfering."
"Screaming, it's not me. I tried it before! Action is more my thing. Not talking. It's hard for me to have word fights, fighting with words. I'd rather just listen."
"Action often precedes the feeling."
"Faith is the eternal elixir. It gives life, power, and action to the impulse of thought."
"Knowledge will not attract money, unless it is organized, and intelligently directed, through practical plans of action, to the definite end of accumulation of money."
"Every company has room for the man who has a definite plan of action which is to the advantage of that company."
"It really wasn't my thing. It still isn't my thing, the whole science-fiction action thing. I prefer simpler, character-based movies."