Browsing Quotes With Tag: action (156)
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You can often gauge a man’s ambition by whether he hates his alarm clock or considers it his best friend.
Speaker: Thomas EdisonPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 3:10 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
I have generally found that a man who is good at an excuse is good at nothing else.
Speaker: Benjamin FranklinPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 3:07 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
If you ever need a helping hand, look at the end of your arm.
Speaker: Bryan B. GardnerPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 3:06 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
There is only one day that you and I have to live for, and that’s today. There is nothing we can do about yesterday except repent, and there may be no tomorrow. The thing for us to do when we arise from our beds as God gives us a new day, is to take whatever comes to our hands, and do it to the best of our ability.
Speaker: Harold B. LeePosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 3:04 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The most drastic and usually the most effective remedy for fear is direct action.
Speaker: William BurnhamPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 3:03 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
A good plan violently executed right now is worth a hundred perfect plans put off until next week.
Speaker: George S. PattonPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 3:02 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
I am only one, but still I am one; I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.
Speaker: Edward Everett HalePosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 3:02 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Indecision is fatal. It is better to make the wrong decision than to build up a habit of indecision. If you’re wallowing in indecision, you certainly can’t act – and action is the basis of success.
Speaker: Marie Beyon RayPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 3:01 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
You seldom get what you go after unless you know in advance what you want. Indecision has often given an advantage to the other fellow because he did his thinking beforehand.
Speaker: Maurice SwitzerPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 3:00 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Indecision mars all success: there can be no good wind for the sailor who knows not to what port he is bound.
Speaker: Oliver Wendell HolmesPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 2:58 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Your faith will perform miracles, especially when you get your hands and feet involved.
Speaker: Spencer W. KimballPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 2:58 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing about.
Speaker: VoltairePosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 2:55 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
Speaker: Edmund BurkePosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 2:53 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Use what talents you possess. The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
Speaker: Henry Van DykePosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 2:43 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
There is one phrase which should be erased from your thinking and from the words you speak aloud. It is the phrase ‘if only.’ It is counterproductive and is not conducive to the Spirit of healing and of peace.
Speaker: Thomas S. MonsonPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 1:40 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
You can only solve one problem at a time. It’s a law.
Speaker: President HansonPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 1:33 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Fun is a product, not a goal.
Speaker: AnonymousPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 1:31 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Refinement comes from doing what you don’t want to do, and doing it well.
Speaker: President HansonPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 1:29 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
I have spent my days stringing and unstringing my instrument, while the song I came to sing remains unsung.
Speaker: TagorePosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 1:22 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, their time runs out.
Speaker: Oliver Wendell HolmesPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 1:21 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment!