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We don’t always know whose lives
we touched and
made better
for
having cared, because actions can
sometimes have unseen
ramifications.
What’s
important is that you
do care and you do act.
Charlotte Lunsford
Words are mere bubbles of water,
but deeds are
drops of gold.
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If everybody did just one thing.
Just one thing. Not even
a great thing.
Not a world-changing thing, just one blessing,
just one act of
living kindness. The effect
of each caring action,
no matter how seemingly small, brings blessings
into the lives
of others. There
may be no greater or more important thing
that we can do at this instant.
Donald Altman
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If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to it.
Jonathan Winters |
Inaction, contrary to its reputation for being a
refuge,
is neither safe nor comfortable.
Madeleine Kunin |
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I don’t waste time thinking, “Am I doing it
right?”
I say, “Am I doing it?”
Georgette Mosbacher |
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What we do to survive is often different from
what we may need to do in order to live.
Rachel Naomi Remen |
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Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.
Thinking about swimming
isn’t much like actually getting in the
water. Actually getting in
the
water can take your breath away. The defense force inside us
wants us to be cautious, to stay
away from anything as intense
as a new kind of action. Its job is to protect us, and it categorically
avoids
anything resembling danger. But
it’s often wrong.
Anything
worth doing is worth doing too soon.
Barbara Sher |
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You
can clear the land, plow the field, spread the fertilizer, and plant the
corn.
But you cannot make it rain. You cannot prevent an early frost.
You cannot determine exactly what will happen in your life. The rain
may
or may not fall, but one thing is certain: you will get a harvest
only
if you planted something in the field.
It's important to do everything in our power to ensure our success,
but we also need to let the universe take its course.
Melody
Beattie |
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you do makes a difference. Everything you don't do makes a
difference, too. If you wave your arm you create a
breeze. What does that do to the weather? The effect
may be small, but there is an effect, and combined with other
small effects it can have a significant effect. Every act we
perform has some effect on the choices other people make and the
world we live in. We are part of the great puzzle of life,
and without us it is not complete. . . .
Every act has its
effect. To do nothing is an act that stems from feelings of
hopelessness and despair. Please remember, no matter how
dark the future looks, you can make a difference. When you
live the true life you were sent here to live, the difference you
make will enhance life rather than destroy it. Do not spend
time worrying how big a difference you make. Anything that
enhances a life makes a difference; helping one individual recover
from a broken heart; easing one person's pain; helping one ugly
duckling discover his or her beauty. Keep working as long as
you live, and live as long as you can, and when you finish your
marathon they will hang a medal around your neck that says,
"You Make a Difference."
Bernie
Siegel |
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Your
thoughts should agree with your words, and the words
should agree with your actions. In this world people think
one thing, say another thing, and do something else.
This is horrible. This is crookedness.
Sivananda |
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Dreaming
has its place; inspiration is invaluable; but life
is action as well as thought. They get farthest in the realm
of character-building who link up thought and action, who do
not merely dream, but act upon their noblest imaginings.
R.W. Wilde |
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I think that feelings waste themselves in words; they
ought to be
distilled into actions, and into actions which bring results.
Florence Nightingale
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Perhaps
the most
valuable result
of all education is
the ability to make
yourself do the
thing you have
to do, when it ought
to be done, whether
you like it or not.
Walter
Bagehot |
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The young
salesman approached the farmer and began to talk excitedly
about the book he was carrying. "This book will tell you
everything you
need to know about farming," the young man said
enthusiastically. "It tells
you when to sow and when to reap. It tells you about weather, what
to expect and when to expect it. This book tells you all you need to
know."
"Young man," the farmer said, "that's not the
problem. I know
everything that is in that book. My problem is doing it."
Joseph Gosse |
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If
you were going to die soon and had only one phone call
you could make, who would you call and what would you say?
And why are you waiting?
Stephen
Levine |
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A
lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi
to come back -- but they are gone. We are it. It is up to
us. It is up to you.
Marian
Wright Edelman |
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There is no comparison between that
which is lost
by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
Francis Bacon |
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