The stern compression of circumstances, the twinges of adversity, the spur of slights and taunts in early years, are needed to evoke that ruthless fixity of purpose and tenacious wit without which great actions are seldom accomplished.

Winston Churchill

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You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.

M. K. Gandhi

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Your action expresses your priorities.

M. K. Gandhi

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All good thoughts and ideas mean nothing without action.

M. K. Gandhi

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After all, a man's Life must be nailed to a cross either of Thought or Action.

Winston Churchill

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How little can we foresee the consequences either of wise or unwise action, of virtue or of malice. Without this measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed.

Winston Churchill

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