Quotations about Action

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11 Quotes Found

"Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering."
	-Winnie the Pooh, in Pooh's Little Instruction Book
"For us is the life of action, of strenuous performance of duty; let us live in the harness, striving mightily; let rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out."
	-Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919), Twenty-sixth President of the United States
"The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation... The hand is the cutting edge of the mind."
	-Jacob Bronowski (1908 - 1974), Scientist and author
"The shortest answer is doing."
	-English proverb
"If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves."
	-Thomas Edison, Inventor, often worked 40 hours straight
"Be quick but do not hurry."
	-John Wooden (1910 - ), Hall of Fame basketball coach of UCLA; won a record 10 NCAA championships
"Activity is contagious."
	-Ralph Waldo Emerson
"It is time for us all to cheer for the doer, the achiever-- the one who recognizes the challenge and does something about it."
	-Vince Lombardi (1913 - 1970), Football coach
"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do."
	-Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, German dramatist, poet & novelist
"Action is eloquence."
	-William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), English playwright & poet
"Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind."
	-Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor