#action

If something possesses no capacity for activity whatever, it is nothing; it may be wholly penetrated, but it cannot be touched. Therefore passivity and reaction are everywhere equal. ↗

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

#reaction #equality

I feel like, like pudding," Iggy groaned. "Pudding with nerve endings. Pudding in great pain. ↗

— James Patterson

#humor #pudding #experience

Renew, release, let go. Yesterday’s gone. There’s nothing you can do to bring it back. You can’t “should’ve” done something. You can only DO something. Renew yourself. Release that attachment. Today is a new day! ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#attachment #change #inspirational #letting-go #life

I had always insisted that a good education was a synthesis of book learning and involvement in social action, that each enriched the other. I wanted my students to know that the accumulation of knowledge, while fascinating in itself, is not sufficient as long as so many people in the world have no opportunity to experience that fascination. ↗

— Howard Zinn

#education #educational-enrichment #educational-inequity #knowledge-acquisition #learning

We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique. ↗

— Benjamin Jowett

#always #attain #cannot #concrete #general

Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#belief #faith #follow-your-bliss #life #faith

You have the ability to choose your reactions. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#life #motivational #perspective #reactions #truth

The act of speaking our intentions aloud shifts them from wishful thinking into action. ↗

— Michael Thomas Sunnarborg

#balance #intention #thinking #business

We have to remember that Dr. King was not an idle dreamer. Dr. King was a man of action. If Dr. King were here, he would challenge us and exhort us. ↗

— Marc Morial

#challenge #dr #dreamer #exhort #here

Inaction is no longer acceptable. ↗

— Eric Lowitt

#inaction #sustainability #business