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Such actions are beyond praise: it is the perfume of such sweet and noble human sympathy that makes this wild beasts' cage a world habitable for men.

Oscar Wilde

(Baseball) is a game with a lot of waiting in it; it is a game with increasingly heightened anticipation of increasingly limited action

A Prayer for Owen Meany

It is a sad thing to become so blinded and deafened by pride that you are no longer concerned about whether or not God is pleased with your actions.

Pour the Oil

don't even leap to actions and decisions before you've found that sense of natural calm, well-being, or enthusiasm.

Parallel Universe of Self

He who coordinates his thoughts with his actions controls his own destiny.” ~ Amunhotep El Bey

The Quotations Book of life and Death

When your action is gone, and all that’s left is motionlessness, I’ll be there, whistling.

This is the best book I've ever written, and it still sucks

Treat 'em like dogs, and you'll have dogs' works and dogs' actions. Treat 'em like men, and you'll have men's works.

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Faith is the poetry of our dreams; action is the builder of our reality.

Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

When you pray, you are speaking to yourself. When you take action, you are speaking to God.

Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

Excuses are a time thief. Have a goal, accept responsibility, and take action!

Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

With no action to nourish it, your dream becomes a fantasy.

Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

The world is my church. My actions are my prayer. My behavior is my creed.

Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

Solid character will reflect itself in consistent behavior, while poor character will seek to hide behind deceptive words and actions.

Waiting and Dating

As long as she persisted in her belief that bafflement justified her actions, she felt confident no one would contradict her.

We Shadows

Depression is not generalized pessimism, but pessimism specific to the effects of one's own skilled action.

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

Each of us has the power to take action, to light a fire and be the ignition for others.

Walk in Their Shoes: Can One Person Change the World?

Not everyone is born a great leader, but anyone can foster core leadership competencies for themselves and become actionable, effective leaders.

Your Leadership Edge

Short term goals are often based on dissatisfaction, and actions based on dissatisfaction will eventually lead to a life of unhappiness.

Yes! You Can Manage Stress

I filed a brief as a friend of the court in the U. of Michigan to keep affirmative action at the U. of Michigan, which I attended the law school. And I was one of the original sponsors of making the Martin Luther King birthday a federal holiday.

Dick Gephardt

That is the best instruction you could ever give a poet: whether you're examining a bad line in a poem or a bad motive for action, keep well your repining - meaning, don't ignore the honest muttering in your head.

Alice Oswald

I ever will profess myself the greatest friend to those whose actions best correspond with their doctrine; which, I am sorry to say, is too seldom the case amongst those nations who pretend most to civilization.

J. G. Stedman