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Acting As If Quotes (page 3)

No action is ever lost - nothing we do is without result. It's obvious, of course, but how many people ever really believe it, or act as if it were so? Robertson Davies
Song in the Manner of Housman" O woe, woe, People are born and die, We also shall be dead pretty soon Therefore let us act as if we were dead already. The bird sits on the hawthorn tree But he dies also, presently. Some lads get hung, and some get shot. Woeful is this human lot. Woe! woe, etcetera.... London is a woeful place, Shropshire is much pleasanter. Then let us smile a little space Upon fond nature's morbid grace. ... Ezra Pound
Abraham Lincoln quote: "I don't like to hear cut and dried sermons. No—when I hear a..."
I don't like to hear cut and dried sermons. No—when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees. Abraham Lincoln
...the English mode of existence in which everybody acts as if everybody else ( with few, or no exceptions ) was either an enemy or a bore. John Stuart Mill
Too rich to be relevant to the world's poor, [Europe] attracts immigration but cannot encourage imitation. Too passive regarding international security. Too self-satisfied, it acts as if its central political goal is to become the worlds most comfortable retirement home. Too set in its ways, it fears multicultural diversity Zbigniew Brzezinski
Some legislators only wish to vengeance against a particular enemy. Others only look out for themselves. They devote very little time on the consideration of any public issue. They think that no harm will come from their neglect. They act as if it is always the business of somebody else to look after this or that. When this selfish notion is entertained by all, the commonwealth slowly begins to decay. Thucydides
They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement of mankind is a virtue that relieves them from taking trouble about any improvement in particular. John Morley
We all dream; we do not understand our dreams, yet we act as if nothing strange goes on in our sleep minds, strange at least by comparison with the logical, purposeful doings of our minds when we are awake. Erich Fromm
The nation demands a movement which has written upon its banner the internal and external national freedom that it will act as if it were the spiritual, social and political conscience of the nation. Franz von Papen
Abraham Lincoln quote: "When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were..."
When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees. Abraham Lincoln
Dorthea Brande quote: "To guarantee success, act as if it were impossible to fail."
To guarantee success, act as if it were impossible to fail. Dorthea Brande
All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right about face which turns us from failure to success. Dorthea Brande
Dorothea Brande quote: "All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and..."
All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is to - act as if it were impossible to fail. Dorothea Brande
Charles Kettering quote: "Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail."
Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail. Charles Kettering
Too many leaders act as if the sheep... their people... are there for the benefit of the shepherd, not that the shepherd has responsibility for the sheep. Ken Blanchard

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