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If you are not being attacked by materialist, you must be doing something wrong — Radhanath Swami

I am a human being, not a human doing. — Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Meditation means to be in non-doing. Meditation is not a doing but a state of being. It is a state of being in one's own self. — Rajneesh

A peaceful mind is not a matter of doing, but of being. — Pearl Zhu

Courage, after all, is not being unafraid, but doing what needs to be done in spite of fear. — James L. Farmer Jr.

I'm not very good at talking and being with people and being gregarious and outgoing. I love people, but I have great difficulty doing it. — Charlotte Rampling

You come to doing what you do by not being able to do something. — Grace Paley

It's kind of like, I love doing tons of different things. The only thing I hate is not being in ensembles. — Topher Grace

I don't compare myself to Lil Kim. I'm not doing anything in comparison with any girls. I'm doing Nicki Minaj. — Nicki Minaj

You know, being an entrepreneur is super hard work, and if you're not passionate about what you're doing, you're probably not going to succeed. — Jeff Raikes

Microresolutions focus on doing, not being. Being different follows, rather than precedes, deliberate action. — Caroline L. Arnold

Spending time being can be just as, if not more, fulfilling as spending time doing. — Faydra D. Fields

I'm being a lot more consistent, trying to make every swing look the same. I'm doing what the situation calls for and trying not to do too much. — Nick Swisher

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. — Leonardo Da Vinci

I have a fear of doing stuff that's not very good and being remembered for that. — Tim Rice

Being a strong woman is very important to me. But doing it all on my own is not. — Reba McEntire

The point of being good is doing it when it's tough, not when it's easy. — Sally Green

It's not just about being small, it's about doing more with less. — Greg McAdoo

It's stupid to say that I don't like being in the public eye, but I don't like doing stuff that's not needed. — Zara Phillips

Calling is not only a matter of being and doing what we are but also of becoming what we are not yet but are called by God to be. — Os Guinness

If I don't fool you, I'm not doing my job as a magician.
If I make you feel foolish, I'm not doing my job as a human being. — Jerry Andrus

Being productive and being busy are not necessarily the same thing. Doing things won't create your success; doing the right things will. — Jeff Olson

Practice not wanting, desiring, judging, doing, fighting, knowing. Practice just being. Everything will fall into place. — James Frey

The object of love is not getting something you want but doing something for the well-being of the one you love. — Gary Chapman

THERE'S NO OTHER WAY to find out whether or not you'll be successful other than just doing it — Richard Branson

Sir, you must not neglect doing a thing immediately good from fear of remote evil; -from fear of its being abused. — Samuel Johnson

There is no harm in being afraid. The only harm is in doing what Fear tells you. Fear is not your master! Laugh in his face and he will run away. — George MacDonald

You have to be consistent. You have to be yourself. You have to be committed to what you're doing. You have to not be afraid to be ambitious. — Roxane Gay

If I have any talent at all, it is not for doing but for being. — Quentin Crisp

Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction. — Anne Frank

Clive was rapidly coming to the conclusion that being engaged to somebody meant that he spent an awful lot of time not doing things he wanted to do. — Nick Hornby

Calling can refer not only to ways of doing - meaning work - but also to ways of being. — James Hillman

I'm not doing anything, baby. I love you. I'm being faithful to you." He held up his ring, his thumb stroking the metal. "I promised ... I promise — S.C. Stephens

A wise man once said that any human being is capable of infinite achievement, so long as it's not the work they're supposed to be doing. — K.J. Parker

True independence means being free from the domination of your own internal automatic behaviors, not doing what you feel like when the urge strikes. — Nicholas Lore

Sometimes you just have to be proud of yourself, not just because of what you doing, but because of who you are — K.C Mathobela

Being brave isn't not being afraid. Being brave is being afraid and going ahead and doing what you have to do. — S'TarKan

Sin is not wrong doing, it is wrong BEING, deliberate and emphatic independence of God. — Oswald Chambers

To become a success, it's not really about doing more, it's about being more. — Robin S. Sharma

One good thing about being young is that you are not experienced enough to know you cannot possibly do the things you are doing. — Gene Brown

That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being critical of yourself and what other people are doing. — Carol Kane

That was courage, Keller thought. Not doing something without being afraid, but doing something even though you were afraid. — L.J.Smith

You are doing well if you are not weary in well doing — Saji Ijiyemi

It's the writing, not the being read, that excites me. Joy is in the doing. — Virginia Woolf

If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing. — Malcolm X

Joy's life in the doing (..) I mean it's the writing, not the being read that excites me. — Virginia Woolf

A man will be effective to the degree that he is able to concentrate! Concentration is not basically a mode of doing but above all a mode of Being. — Lawrence LeShan

It's torture, not being able to talk to him!! She's been so, so worried. How she hopes he's finally doing better now and sleeping soundly. — Elizabeth Scott

Doing less is not being lazy. Don't give in to a culture that values personal sacrifice over personal productivity. — Timothy Ferriss

And then I realized you were not rebellious but courageous. You know what that means?

It means being scared but doing it anyway. — Marilyn Hilton

A lot of actresses will just go, "I'm 35." And I thought, " I'm not doing that." I like being 40. — Sharon Stone

I feel like in a lot of ways I've gotten kind of soft as an actor, not doing stage stuff. In terms of being a better actor, it's really important. — Paul Giamatti

There are wars being fought! Who cares what I'm doing on a Saturday night? I'm not even a celebrity. — Peter Dinklage

Being out in the street is not an expectation of privacy. Anyone can look at you, can see you, can watch what you're doing. — Peter T. King

Being, not doing, is my first joy. — Theodore Roethke

The secret to doing good research is always to be a little underemployed. You waste years by not being able to waste hours — Michael Lewis

I'm not doing well in terms of being a functional human. — Ned Vizzini

I don't want my learning curve to be stunted by just all of a sudden doing work all the time and not being careful about the work that I'm doing. — Paul Dano

If someone hates you so much that they try to hurt you, defending yourself is not being aggressive, it is doing what's necessary. — Charles F. Glassman

You have to focus on what you are doing, not just as a photographer, but as a human being. — Anders Petersen

I like my privacy. I love being a part of [films], but when I'm not doing stuff, I like to go away. I enjoy being a person, a great deal. — Mike Myers

Maybe happiness is this: not feeling like you should be elsewhere, doing something else, being someone else. — Isaac Asimov

Fairness does not consist so much of everybody's doing the same thing, but of everybody's being willing to do something that others don't want to do. — Judith Martin

Being a cat means beautiful, agile, innocent, brave, curious and trust also honorable respect for as much as not so doing bribery. — Sekar Arum

I know that I am one and I've made a living as an actor and I enjoy being an actor, but when I'm not actually doing it, I forget that I do it. — Wallace Shawn

Who you are is not what you do. What you do is not who you are. Identity is unchanging. Being comes before doing. Who you are determines what you do. — Brad Lomenick

Gender is not something that one is, it is something one does, an act ... a doing rather than a being. — Judith Butler

I found being able to change things on the fly and react to the changes in the artwork makes it stronger. And I feel like I'm not doing the job twice. — David Finch

As long as you're not hurting anybody else, as long as you're being kind to people and you're doing what you love, only good things can come of it. — Jason Silva

Being a playwright is like the equivalent of doing a jigsaw puzzle that has 1,500 pieces, and it's a jigsaw of a blue sky. Not a cloud in sight. — Lewis Black

In my opinion, being a Christian is a noticeable behavior. If you have to tell somebody you're a Christian, then you're probably not doing it right. — Steve Maraboli

Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can. — Ashleigh Brilliant

What they don't know won't hurt htem. You're not hurting anyone by doing what you love and being around people that make you happy. ~Evangeline — Penelope Ward

I love making, I love doing. I love being to the full, I love everything which is not sitting and watching and copying and dead at heart. — John Fowles

You need to build an ability to just be yourself, and not be doing something, — Louis C.K.

It's rather a strong check to one's self-complacency to find how much of one's right doing depends on not being in want of money. — George Eliot

Even if you're not doing anything wrong, you are being watched and recorded. — Edward Snowden

Creation is not restricted to the artist but instead is about how we bring ourselves authentically into the world both through our doing and being. — Tobin Hart

You can't reduce an actual human being; you're just writing! You're not doing anything to another person. — Vivian Gornick

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution. — Chanakya

Wishing that I could stay right here in this moment of not doing, but simply being, forever. — Rachel Harris

So this is how a person can come to despise himself-knowing he's doing the wrong thing and not being able to stop. — Daniel Keyes

You might not make it to the top, but if you are doing what you love, there is much more happiness there than being rich or famous. — Tony Hawk

We are not justified by doing good works, but being justified we then do good. — William Jenkyn

Success consists of being and doing, not simply accumulating. — B.C. Forbes

I'm not being analytical. I just create everything intuitively. If you're too analytical, what you're doing probably ends up being too specific. — Gus Van Sant

I do not want to die being known for doing baby mama DNA tests on my show. — Ricki Lake

Being cool is being your own self, not doing something that someone else is telling you to do. — Vanessa Hudgens

Being in command means making tough decisions. Not being in command means shutting up and doing what you're told.
Artemis Fowl — Eoin Colfer

Passion is about the calling. Passion is the motivator behind the mission. Passion focuses us on "being" and not on "doing. — Wendy K. Walters

Sometimes being an adult means doing the right thing, even if it's not what you want. — Laurie Halse Anderson

Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing. — Kate Atkinson

Acting's not about nose jobs and liposuction. It's about being truthful to what you're doing. — Phylicia Rashad

I think there is no mantra for success. One just has to be positive and keep doing good work. One must
keep moving forward and not think much. — Madhuri Dixit

Courage meant overcoming fear and doing one's duty in the presence of danger, not being unafraid. — Eugene B. Sledge

Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought. — John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

Living your yoga is not just doing it, but being it. — Judith Hanson Lasater

I can't eat and I can't sleep. I'm not doing well in terms of being a functional human, you know? — Ned Vizzini

Being alive, you have to do something. Not doing anything is also some kind of action. — Jeff Bridges

Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything. — Floyd Dell