Action Quotes - Page 114
Herbert M. Shelton (1979). “Human Life: Its Philosophy and Laws”, p.61, Health Research Books
"Life Thoughts".
The cynic puts all human actions into two classes - openly bad and secretly bad.
Henry Ward Beecher (1856). “Lectures to young men: on various important subjects”, p.115
Even if it doesn't work, there is something healthy and invigorating about direct action
Henry Miller (1952). “Remember to Remember”
Henry David Thoreau (1942). “Civil Disobedience”, p.6, Hayes Barton Press
Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious.
Entry for December 30, 1850, "The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel", Book by Henri-Frédéric Amiel, translated by Mary Augusta Ward, 1882.
The path to big, systemic change is collective action. That takes Sister Courage.
Gloria Feldt (2012). “No Excuses: Nine Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power”, p.242, Seal Press
George Walker Bush, John W. Dietrich (2005). “The George W. Bush Foreign Policy Reader: Presidential Speeches and Commentary”, p.162, M.E. Sharpe
George Orwell (2009). “All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays”, p.171, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Who sweeps a room, as for Thy laws, makes that and the action fine.
George Herbert (1838). “The Temple. Sacred poems and private ejaculations, etc”, p.195
Head knowledge is worthless, unless accompanied by submission of the will and right action.
Fulton J. Sheen (2008). “Life of Christ”, p.40, Image