{"quotes":[{"text":"It's a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you're ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There's almost no such thing as ready. There's only now. And you may as well do it now. I mean, I say that confidently as if I'm about to go bungee jumping or something--I'm not. I'm not a crazed risk taker. But I do think that, generally speaking, now is as good a time as any.","author":"Hugh Laurie","tags":["activity","carpe-diem","patience","proactivity","timing","waiting"],"id":1676,"author_id":"Hugh+Laurie"},{"text":"Now to exert oneself and work for the sake of amusement seems silly and utterly childish. But to amuse oneself in order that one may exert oneself, as Anacharsis puts it, seems right; for amusement is a sort of relaxation, and we need relaxation because we cannot work continuously. Relaxation, then, is not an end; for it is taken for the sake of activity.","author":"Aristotle","tags":["activity","amusement","ethics","philosophy","relaxation","work"],"id":8886,"author_id":"Aristotle"},{"text":"[I]t kind of terrified me to imagine myself spending the rest of my life tinkering on the margins of the small arguments.","author":"Lawrence Lessig","tags":["activity","arguments","beliefs","corruption","government","life","money","political-campaigns","politics"],"id":11761,"author_id":"Lawrence+Lessig"},{"text":"There is time for every sacred activity under the sun.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["activity","moments","motivational","patience","spiritual","time","waiting"],"id":12277,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Planning of the next day’s activities should be done a night before. This makes you not to be destructed by people and events that do not contribute to the success of your dreams.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["activity","dreams","events","food-for-thought","israelmore-ayivor","make-plans","night","people","plan","plan-ahead","planning","success"],"id":30150,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"Happiness consists in activity. It is running steam, not a stagnant pool.","author":"John Mason Good","tags":["stagnant","activity","pool "],"id":34990,"author_id":"John+Mason+Good"},{"text":"Progress and motion are not synonymous.","author":"Tim Fargo","tags":["achieve","achievement","achiever","achievers","activity","effective","effective-leadership","effectiveness","efficiency","efficiently","motion","movement","progress","results","success","win","winning"],"id":40743,"author_id":"Tim+Fargo"},{"text":"It's absurd to be upset by a lack of results when the cause is a lack of activity.","author":"Orrin Woodward","tags":["actions","activity","results","work-ethic"],"id":42826,"author_id":"Orrin+Woodward"},{"text":"Happiness is a state of activity.","author":"Aristotle","tags":["activity","happiness"],"id":42981,"author_id":"Aristotle"},{"text":"Your life, your health and your weight are 80% due to what you eat, and 20% due to activity level, sunlight exposure, stress levels and adequate rest.","author":"Nancy S. Mure","tags":["activity","diet","eat","exercise","health","life","motivation","nature","rest","stress","sunlight","weight"],"id":48496,"author_id":"Nancy+S.+Mure"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":97,"pages":10,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}