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Quotes About Action

There is no shame in impulse.
~ Douglas Coupland
You wait for fate to bring about the changes in life which you should be bringing about yourself.
~ Douglas Coupland
Dac? am fi avut convingeri, oare am fi avut m?car curajul s? le urm?m?
~ Douglas Coupland
I think we live in this world, but we don't change the world.
~ Douglas Coupland
The thing about Jason Bourne is that he only really shines when he's being chased. Without the forces of evil pursuing him, Jason Bourne is basically council house trash living on KFC and the proceeds of his illegal Polish and Romanian girlfriends who'll toss you off for a tenner at the local lottery ticket kiosk.
~ Douglas Coupland
Jennie's testimony was meaningless to determine the facts of the case, but that he was allowing it anyway. The judge wanted to see the signing chimpanzee in action.
~ Douglas Preston
There was a burst of talk and radio chatter as they discussed what to do. Within minutes, they loaded the body into the back of one jeep, restrung the live wires, fixed the fence, and drove back to the portal in the hill, which then closed slowly and silently behind them.
~ Douglas Preston
God ever works with those that work with will.
~ Aeschylus
For a deadly blow let him pay with a deadly blow: it is for him who has done a deed to suffer.
~ Aeschylus
Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him.
~ Aeschylus
There is no avoidance in delay.
~ Aeschylus
It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.
~ Aesop
Evil wishes, like chickens, come home to roost.
~ Aesop
Don't put off for tomorrow what you should do today.
~ Aesop
A hero is brave in deeds as well as words.
~ Aesop
Harm seek, harm find.
~ Aesop
Do nothing without regard to the consequences.
~ Aesop
Example is more powerful than precept.
~ Aesop
Who shall bell the cat?
~ Aesop
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
~ Aesop
Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet
~ African Proverb
I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.
~ Agatha Christie
Use your eyes. Use your ears. Use your brains---if you've got any. And, if necessary--act.
~ Agatha Christie
If one man does not make a move, the other must, and by permitting the adversary to make the attack one learns something about him.
~ Agatha Christie