Quotes: Acts, Action

(deeds not words; action speaks louder)


act
1. To do something; to exert energy or some force; to be employed or operative: "He acted promptly in the emergency."
2. To reach, to make, or to issue a decision on some matter.
3. To operate or function in a particular way; to perform specific duties or functions: "She acted as the child's substitute mother."
action
1. The process or state of acting or of being active: "The machine is not in action now."
2. Something done or performed; to act; perform a deed.
3. An act that one consciously wills to do and that may be characterized by physical or mental activity: "This was a crisis that demanded action instead of debate."

Quotations

Action takes precedence over study.
—Judah Hanasi

Probieren geht über Studieren. (Trying is better than [just] studying it).
—German proverb

Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They must be woven together.
—Anais Nin (1914-1977, French-born American novelist, dancer)

Leadership is action, not position.
—Donald H. McGannon


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