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A carefully curated collection of action quotes from writers, thinkers and voices worth listening to. Whether you need a quick boost or a deeper moment of reflection, these words are here to help.

"I do not steal victory. Let this royal wisdom guide your pursuit of excellence."

-- Alexander the Great

"I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well. Let this royal wisdom guide your pursuit of excellence."

-- Alexander the Great

"Holy shadows of the dead, I'm not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate. Let this royal wisdom guide your pursuit of excellence."

-- Alexander the Great

"There are no more worlds to conquer! Let this royal wisdom guide your pursuit of excellence."

-- Alexander the Great

"May God keep you away from the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger, and the revenge of the Afghans. Let this royal wisdom guide your pursuit of excellence."

-- Alexander the Great

"Let us conduct ourselves so that all men wish to be our friends and all fear to be our enemies. Let this royal wisdom guide your pursuit of excellence."

-- Alexander the Great

"With malice toward none, with charity for all. A quiet strength lives within these words."

-- Abraham Lincoln

"Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves. A quiet strength lives within these words."

-- Abraham Lincoln

"I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have. A quiet strength lives within these words."

-- Abraham Lincoln

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. A quiet strength lives within these words."

-- Abraham Lincoln

"Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them. A quiet strength lives within these words."

-- Abraham Lincoln

"The best way to predict your future is to create it. A quiet strength lives within these words."

-- Abraham Lincoln

"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. A quiet strength lives within these words."

-- Abraham Lincoln

"There is little you can learn from doing nothing."

-- Zig Ziglar

"Do it, and then you will feel motivated to do it."

-- Zig Ziglar

"Speak little, do much."

-- Benjamin Franklin

"Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge."

-- Benjamin Franklin

"A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines."

-- Benjamin Franklin

"One today is worth two tomorrows."

-- Benjamin Franklin

"He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals."

-- Benjamin Franklin

"He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money."

-- Benjamin Franklin

"Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man."

-- Benjamin Franklin

"He that can have patience can have what he will."

-- Benjamin Franklin

"Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him."

-- Maya Angelou

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A carefully curated collection of action quotes from writers, thinkers and voices worth listening to. Whether you need a quick boost or a deeper moment of reflection, these words are here to help.

Some of the most celebrated action quotes come from Krishna, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Albert Einstein, Confucius, among many others featured on this page.

Popular action quotes include: "Perform your duty with a steady mind, O Arjuna, abandoning attachment to success or failure." -- Krishna Also: "He who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, is wise among men." -- Krishna.

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