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Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious. (Burns John)
Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt. (Burns John)
For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will. (Burns John)
Effective action is always unjust. (Burns John)
Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed. (Burns John)
Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are more adapted to the contemplative life can take upon themselves the works of the active life so as to become yet more apt for contemplation. (Burns John)
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. (Burns John)
We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action. (Burns John)
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way. We become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions. (Burns John)
For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them. (Burns John)
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. (Burns John)
Well begun is half done. (Burns John)
The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology. (Burns John)
Do every act of your life as if it were your last. (Burns John)
Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig. (Burns John)
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. (Burns John)
Begin -- to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished. (Burns John)
It was prettily devised of Aesop, The fly sat on the axle tree of the chariot wheel and said, what dust do I raise! (Burns John)
Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence. (Burns John)
It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action. (Burns John)
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. (Burns John)
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