A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else. John Galsworthy
A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it. John Galsworthy Man Action
Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself. Pythagoras Freedom Action
No man can reveal to you nothing but that which already lies half-asleep in the dawning of your knowledge. Kahlil Gibran
'As soon as man is at one with God, he will not beg. He will then see prayer in all action' Ralph Waldo Emerson Man God Prayer
You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man's actions are, such must be his spirit. Demosthenes Spirit
The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going. Napoleon Hill
Nature is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons and actions are understandable to man or not. Galileo Galilei Nature
He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold. Herodotus Action
The great living experience for every man is his adventure into the woman. The man embraces in the woman all that is not himself, and from that one resultant, from that embrace, comes every new action. D. H. Lawrence
Man is free; yet we must not suppose that he is at liberty to do everything he pleases, for he becomes a slave the moment he allows his actions to be ruled by passion. Giacomo Casanova Passion
A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends. George Washington World Words
The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but the greatest genius is not always equal to himself, or he would cease to be human. Honore de Balzac Genius Action
Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships; the poor man everywhere lies low. Ovid Fortune
In the spiritual body moreover, man appears such as he is with respect to love and faith, for everyone in the spiritual world is the effigy of his own love, not only as to the face and the body, but also as to the speech and the actions. Emanuel Swedenborg Spirituality
What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god. William Shakespeare
Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort. Jean Cocteau Myth
The problem of restoring to the world original and eternal beauty is solved by the redemption of the soul... The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is because man is disunited in himself. Ralph Waldo Emerson World Soul
To act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in accord with the tides. Ignorance of this law results in periods of unreasoning enthusiasm on the one hand, and depression on the other. Helena Petrova Blavatsky
