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Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often
Knowledge, the object of knowledge and the knower are the three factors which motivate action; the senses, the work and the doer comprise the threefold basis of action
He that is overcautious will accomplish nothing
Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it
The act is judged of by the event
The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react
Actions are visible, though motives are secret
We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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