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Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction.


Charles J. Givens

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BHAGAVAD GITA The damage that occurred is a result, not an act of God, but an inaction and action of man.
LINDA PASADAVA Inaction is the worst action of human beings!
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Inaction may be the biggest form of action.
JERRY BROWN One reason God created time was so that there would be a place to bury the failures of the past.
SAMUEL RUTHERFORD One reason God created time was so that there would be a place to bury the failures of the past.
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DOUG HORTON Action cures fear, inaction creates terror.
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CHARLES DAVIS It seems to me that the damage that occurred (was caused) by inaction and the action of a man.
LINDA PASADAVA Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.
WILL ROGERS Even the wise are confused about what is action and what is inaction.
BHAGAVAD GITA You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part.
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I smile. ...
J.A. REDMERSKI On action alone be thy interest,
Never on its fruits.
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BHAGAVAD GITA I never worry about action, but only inaction.
WINSTON CHURCHILL I never worry about action, but only inaction.
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D.S. MASHEGO People will oppose your progress. They will remind you of your past failures, belittle you, etc. The...
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STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE.
STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st...
STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY The past is somewhere we can walk with our memories
Never with our footsteps
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JOHN F. KENNEDY There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks an...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY There are risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far less than the long-range risks an...
JOHN F KENNEDY There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks an...
JOHN F. KENNEDY There are risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far less than the long-range risks an...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY There are risks and costs to a programme of action,but they are far less than the long-range risks a...
JOHN F.KENNEDY Whatever you get out of life is a direct result of one of two factors-action or inaction.
DR. A'YANNA WEBSTER SCE has borrowed billions of dollars, which threatens the company's solvency, through eight and a ha...
JOHN BRYSON Remembering something from the past? you are creating it right now as evidence for who you are now.
FREDERICK DODSON You must also forgive yourself. You must forgive yourself for any past mistakes and failures that yo...
LAURA ARANDA Perform your obligatory duty, because action is indeed better than inaction.
BHAGAVAD GITA I rarely regret my action but I often regret my inaction.
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J. J. ABRAMS It's hard to understand the life that I live and rationalize some of the things that I do. I don...
J. J. WATT In the off-season, I train twice a day, five times a week with my trainer. Then, there's always ...
J. J. WATT The way I look at it is that somebody in the world, no matter what your field is - teacher, violinis...
J. J. WATT You know, we've got to this place, where you go to a movie for one particular surgical fix. So, ...
J. J. ABRAMS I love the Stanley Cup playoffs.
J. J. WATT There is a malaise that exists in your land - what appears to many as the sudden and tragic disappea...
J. J. GREENE I'm a fast writer.
J. J. ABRAMS There are games where I go a whole game without saying a word. There are games where I'm talking...
J. J. WATT It's literally, if I'm not working out, I eat the whole time I'm not working out. It'...
J. J. WATT It's pretty neat to be able to help the team in different ways.
J. J. WATT Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.
CHARLES I work on holidays. I work on birthdays. I work on New Year's. I work. I keep my ears to the str...
JUICY J I pay attention to lyrics and I know what rap fans care about. I try to write for the average listen...
J. COLE If I was to go to sleep before midnight, I would feel weird about myself, like I wasted a day. My mo...
J. COLE You can't reverse fame. You can lose all the money, but you'll never lose people knowing you...
J. COLE I was a class clown. At 12, I was definitely clowning. I was making all the jokes. But I was smart, ...
J. COLE Usually I like to have them, but going drum-less pushes everything in a new direction and makes it e...
J MASCIS I play a Fender Jazzmaster and three stacks and a combo, two old Marshall Plexis and a Hiwatt combo ...
J MASCIS 'No Bones' has some reverb that I kick around.
J MASCIS You might as well play at the show everyone else is playing at.
J MASCIS I was just reading about Paul Simon in 'Uncut', and it was fascinating. I never think about ...
J MASCIS People have to do what they want to do.
J MASCIS All labels are offensive in some way.
J MASCIS Yeah, you know, I'm always into cassette. At least they seem to be the longest-lasting medium we...
J MASCIS I've always worn earplugs, but I'm sure my hearing's not great.
J MASCIS It's harder to play drums than guitar, physically. I'm always kind of on the edge. I guess t...
J MASCIS I have a couple of gold teeth. I had braces for a year but I didn't wear the retainer.
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