action Quotes

“The moment we recognize that the self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action, the whole situation clears up.”

― John Dewey, Democracy and Education

topic:self action choice

“Wisdom is to speak the truth and act in keeping with its nature.”

― Heraclitus, On Nature

topic:truth wisdom action

“It's only after you've lost everything . . . that you're free to do anything.”

― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

topic:freedom action loss

“Need is the stimulus to concept, concept to action.”

― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

topic:action need

“Those that can, do. Those that can't, complain.”

― Linus Torvalds,

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“For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be: what is once well done is done forever.”

― Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience

topic:good action

“All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.”

― Aldous Huxley, Crome Yellow

topic:action meaning importance

“If there really is a complete unified theory that governs everything, it presumably also determines your actions. But it does so in a way that is impossible to calculate for an organism that is as complicated as a human being.”

― Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time

topic:humanity action theory

“If emotion can create a physical action, then duplicating the physical action can re-create the emotion.”

― Chuck Palahniuk, Diary

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“Clever is as clever does.”

― P. L. Travers, Mary Poppins Opens the Door

topic:action intelligence

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