We are masters of our actions from the beginning up to the very end. But, in the case of our habits, we… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Punishing enemies and rewarding friends - politics Chicago style - seems to be the unifying principle that helps explain the Obamacare waivers,… — Michael Barone Copy Share Image
Wolves which batten upon lambs, lambs consumed by wolves, the strong who immolate the weak, the weak victims of the strong: there… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
Are you an action-oriented, take-charge person interested in exciting new challenges? As director of a major public-sector organization, you will manage a… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“With great abilities come great responsibilities; great power comes with great assignments. With great age comes great reasoning; great actions come great… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I also remember the moment my life changed, the moment I finally said, "I've had it!" I know I'm much more than… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Indeed our survival and liberation depend upon our recognition of the truth when it is spoken and lived by the people. If… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is legitimate to have one's own point of view and political philosophy. But there are people who make anger, rather than… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
There are certain yoga laws and principles that are, shall we say, less tangible than others. For example, the law of karma.… — Bryan Kest Copy Share Image
To help us bring benefit to others through our words and actions, it is useful to cultivate an attitude of sympathetic joy… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
It is important that you get clear for yourself that your only access to impacting life is action. The world does not… — Werner Erhard Copy Share Image
[People] are looking at the politicians as being all talk, no action. They talk the big game, then they go to Washington,… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The religious environmental movement is potentially key to dealing with the greatest problem humans have ever faced, and it has never been… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
An absolute being would be irrelevant to the world, as it couldn't create it. Any action, or causal process that would involve… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
The first entirely vital action, so termed because it is not effected outside the influence of life, consists in the creation of… — Claude Bernard Copy Share Image
Lots of people coming in and out the Trump Tower, not necessarily indicative of what Donald Trump policy is going to be.… — Amy Walter Copy Share Image
One of the chief inhibitions to human progress arises because of the extreme slowness with which the advances in knowledge become translated… — Robert Andrews Millikan Copy Share Image
O my God, since thou art with me, and i must now, in obedience to thy commands, apply my mind to these… — Brother Lawrence Copy Share Image
The North Korean regime remains one of the world's leading proliferator of missile technology, including transfers to Iran and Syria. The transfer… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I've met Obama a few times, and I think Obama's a quality human being, but I think that he finds himself in… — Shepard Fairey Copy Share Image
Speaking to the Heart is a great encouragement to men who want to be better husbands and fathers. It is both a… — James Stenson Copy Share Image
We're now moving into a stage where the green economy isn't just going to be the place for people to spend money.… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
In some instances, you may care so much about the person who has hurt you, or be so unable to be angry… — Paul Ekman Copy Share Image
Why does anyone do anything? Belief. A belief that they are right and just in their actions. Abraham was willing to sacrifice… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
I had to share a room with my sister, who is five and a half years older than I am. We didn't… — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
Great potential for personal empowerment can be found in attending to our awareness of global problems and to our understanding of how… — Sarah Connor Copy Share Image
So why do I write, torturing myself to put it down? Because in spite of myself I've learned some things. Without the… — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
Human society is not a machine, and it must not be made such, even in the economic field.... Access to employment [shall… — Pope Pius XII Copy Share Image
I think the role of the artist today is about being provocative. I don't mean shocking, but you have to provoke people… — Mira Calix Copy Share Image
Lavater told Goethe that on a certain occasion when he held the velvet bag in the church as collector of the offerings,… — Anna Brownell Jameson Copy Share Image
Existence permeates sexuality and vice versa, so that it is impossible to determine, in a given decision or action, the proportion of… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty Copy Share Image
History will have to recordThat the greatest tragedy of this period of social transitionWas not the vitriolic words and the violent actions… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“You may have come to advocacy on your own, it may be part of your job or you may have been asked… — John Capecci and Timothy Cage Copy Share Image
But ... the working scientist ... is not consciously following any prescribed course of action, but feels complete freedom to utilize any… — Percy Williams Bridgman Copy Share Image
When hopes and dreams are loose in the streets, it is well for the timid to lock doors, shutter windows and lie… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
You gonna hear a lot of loving songs in there, you gonna hear betrayal songs, you gonna hear action that takes place… — Ghostface Killah Copy Share Image
History, is made up of the bad actions of extraordinary men and woman. All the most noted destroyers and deceivers of our… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Touch is a reciprocal action, a gesture of exchange with the world. To make an impression is also to receive one, and… — Robert Macfarlane Copy Share Image
Chekhov used to correspond with aspiring writers, and once he gave this advice to Maxim Gorky when he was encouraging him to… — Catherine Brady Copy Share Image
All right, you're a reindeer. Here's your motivation: Your name is Rudolph, you're a freak with a red nose, and no one… — Anonymous Copy Share Image