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Philosophical literature4 quotes
Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one. — Marcus Aurelius · 180If anyone on the verge of action should judge himself according to the outcome, he would never begin. — Soren Kierkegaard · 1843But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on. — Francis Bacon · 1605Our nature lies in movement; complete calm is death. — Blaise Pascal · 1662Political literature2 quotes
We have it in our power to begin the world over again. — Thomas Paine · 1776Action brings with it its own courage, its own energy, a growth of self-confidence that can be acquired in no other way. — Eleanor Roosevelt · 1963Autobiography and memoir1 quote
Someone ought to do it, so why not I? — Annie Besant · 1893Biography1 quote
It is not reasonable that he who does not shoot should hit the mark, nor that he who does not stand fast at his post should win the day, or that the helpless man should succeed or the coward prosper. — PlutarchEpic1 quote
No. Try not. Do...or do not. There is no try. — Yoda · 1980Epic (film)1 quote
No. Try not. Do...or do not. There is no try. — Yoda · 1980Historical literature1 quote
It is not reasonable that he who does not shoot should hit the mark, nor that he who does not stand fast at his post should win the day, or that the helpless man should succeed or the coward prosper. — PlutarchPolitical speech1 quote
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming. — Theodore Roosevelt · 1910Science fiction1 quote
No. Try not. Do...or do not. There is no try. — Yoda · 1980Science fiction (film)1 quote
No. Try not. Do...or do not. There is no try. — Yoda · 1980Sociology1 quote
If we put together all that we have learned from anthropology and ethnography about primitive men and primitive society, we perceive that the first task of life is to live. Men begin with acts, not with thoughts. — William Graham Sumner · 1906