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To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.Anatole France

• action
• dreams
• planning

There are risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.John Fitzgerald Kennedy

• action
• risk

Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.Henri Bergson

• action
• thought

Ideas must work though the brains and the arms of good and brave men, or they are no better than dreams.Ralph Waldo Emerson

• action
• ideas

We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.Frank Tibolt

• action
• inspiration
• initiative

I am only one, but I am still one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.Edward Hale

• action

It is no profit to have learned well if you neglect to do well.Publilius Syrus

• action
• education

The difference between success and failure is the difference between thought and action.Praveen Sherman

• action
• thought
• success
• failure

In my experience, any virtue translated into action leads almost invariably to positive results.Brian Tracy

• action
• virtue

If the potential damage is moderate or in any way reversible, don't give people the chance to say no. Most people are fast to stop you before you get started but hesitant to get in the way if you're moving. Get good at being a troublemaker and saying sorry when you really screw up.Timothy Ferriss

• action
• initiative

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There's no difference between a pessimist who says, "Oh, it's hopeless, so don't bother doing anything," and an optimist who says, "Don't bother doing anything, it's going to turn out fine anyway." Either way, nothing happens.Yvon Chouinard

• action
• optimism
• pessimism
• initiative

The most difficult thing is the decision to act; the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.Amelia Earhart

• action
• fear
• decisiveness
• initiative

Worry is merely a sustained form of fear caused by indecision. The only real antidote to worry is purposeful action. Get so busy doing something about your situation that you don't have time to worry. As you take action, your confidence, courage and sense of control will return and wipe away your fears.Brian Tracy

• action
• fear
• worry

Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both.John Andrew Holmes

• speech
• action
• thought