We are face to face with our destiny and we must meet it with high and resolute courage. For us is the life of action, of strenuous performance of duty; let us live in the harness, striving mightily; let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out. —Theodore Roosevelt More about this quote Tags: risk striving actions destiny duty Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Aggressive fighting for the right is the greatest sport in the world. —Unknown More about this quote Tags: actions Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Life is one long process of getting tired. —Thomas Jefferson More about this quote Tags: actions Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind. —Theodore Roosevelt More about this quote Tags: actions Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one. —Samuel Johnson More about this quote Tags: actions Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it a charm. —Ralph Waldo Emerson More about this quote Tags: actions Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Words without actions are the assassins of idealism. —Mark Twain More about this quote Tags: actions Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Somewhere deep down we know that in the final analysis we do decide things and that even our decisions to let someone else decide are really our decisions, however pusillanimous. —John Locke More about this quote Tags: actions Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves he is not a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking. —Jean Paul Richter More about this quote Tags: actions Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money. It lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. —Herbert Hoover More about this quote Tags: actions Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and for angels to be lookers-on. —Georges Clemenceau More about this quote Tags: actions Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You ask me why I do not write something....I think one's feelings waste themselves in words, they ought all to be distilled into actions and into actions which bring results. —Florence Nightingale More about this quote Tags: actions Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
An event had happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent. —Edmund Burke More about this quote Tags: actions Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions. —Dorothy Day More about this quote Tags: actions Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man's actions are, such must be his spirit. —Demosthenes More about this quote Tags: actions Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email