Quotes and Quotations

Action

noreply@blogger.com (Last Island) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:43:00 +0000

People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do. Lewis Cass

Problem

noreply@blogger.com (Last Island) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:42:00 +0000

The best way out of a problem is through it. Author Unknown

Problem

noreply@blogger.com (Last Island) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:41:00 +0000

All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them but confront them. William F. Halsey

Action

noreply@blogger.com (Last Island) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:40:00 +0000

As I grow older I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. Andrew Carnegie

Action

noreply@blogger.com (Last Island) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:39:00 +0000

Action will remove the doubts that theory cannot solve. Tehyi Hsieh

Action

noreply@blogger.com (Last Island) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:38:00 +0000

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. James Baldwin

Action

noreply@blogger.com (Last Island) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:37:00 +0000

One's action ought to come out of an achieved stillness: not to be a mere rushing on. D.H. Lawrence

Action

noreply@blogger.com (Last Island) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:36:00 +0000

If I set for myself a task, be it so trifling, I shall see it through. How else shall I have confidence in myself to do important things? George Clason

Action

noreply@blogger.com (Last Island) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:35:00 +0000

He that waits upon fortune is never sure of a dinner. Benjamin Franklin

Action

noreply@blogger.com (Last Island) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:34:00 +0000

The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs. Vance Havner

Action

noreply@blogger.com (Last Island) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:32:00 +0000

He who has made a thousand things and he who has made none, both feel the same desire: to make something. Antonio Porchia, Voces

Action

noreply@blogger.com (Last Island) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:31:00 +0000

We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts. Harold Nicolson

Action

noreply@blogger.com (Last Island) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:30:00 +0000

Ironically, making a statement with words is the least effective method. Grey Livingston

Action

noreply@blogger.com (Last Island) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:25:00 +0000

Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one. Charles de Gaulle

Action

noreply@blogger.com (Last Island) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:24:00 +0000

There is no moment like the present. The man who will not execute his resolutions when they are fresh upon him can have no hope from them afterwards: they will be dissipated, lost, and perish in the hurry and scurry of the world, or sunk in the slough of indolence. Maria Edgeworth

Work

noreply@blogger.com (Last Island) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:23:00 +0000

If your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt. Henry J. Kaiser

Action

noreply@blogger.com (Last Island) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:22:00 +0000

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on man unless they act. G.K. Chesterton

Action

noreply@blogger.com (Last Island) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:21:00 +0000

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live. Nicolas de Chamfort

Action

noreply@blogger.com (Last Island) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:19:00 +0000

Be content to act, and leave the talking to others. Baltasar Gracian

Action

noreply@blogger.com (Last Island) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:59:00 +0000

Talk doesn't cook rice. Chinese Proverb

Action

noreply@blogger.com (Last Island) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:52:00 +0000

Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other. Edmund Burke

Action

noreply@blogger.com (Last Island) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:51:00 +0000

Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action. Walter Anderson

Action

noreply@blogger.com (Last Island) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:48:00 +0000

Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold - but so does a hard-boiled egg. Author Unknown

Action

noreply@blogger.com (Last Island) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:45:00 +0000

Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream. Oscar Wilde

Action

noreply@blogger.com (Last Island) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:44:00 +0000

There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today. Mignon McLaughlin