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• God considered not action, but the spirit of the action.
  It is the intention, not the deed, wherein the merit or praise of the doer consists....
• Private enterprise ... makes OK private action which would be considered dishonest in public action.
  -- John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963)...
• Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul. One brave deed is worth a thousand books.
  -- Edward Abbey...
• The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention.
• Don't contemplate any action that will bring down the wrath of God.
• Decision of character is one of the most important of human qualities, philosophically considered.
  Speculation, knowledge, is not the chief end of man; it is action. -- Burnap...
• To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, Three in One, Be honour, praise, and glory given By all on earth, and all in heaven.
  -- Isaac Watts (1674-1748) -- Doxology...
• The keen spirit Seized the prompt occasion- makes the thought Start into instant action, and at once Plans and performs, resolves and executes.
  -- Hannah Moore...
• Action is eloquence. -- William Shakespeare