--- title: "12 Evil Actions Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Evil Actions quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Evil Actions sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad3/gordon-b-hinckley-331_anger_anger-is-the-mother-of-a-whole-brood-of_3088824.png" --- > [“Anger is the mother of a whole brood of evil actions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-b-hinckley/anger-is-the-mother-of-a-whole-brood-of-evil-actions/) [Gordon B. Hinckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-b-hinckley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad3/gordon-b-hinckley-331_anger_anger-is-the-mother-of-a-whole-brood-of_3088824.png) > [Every person professes to love good and hate evil, but in his actions his real preferences emerges.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piers-anthony/every-person-professes-to-love-good-and-hate-evil-but-in-his-actions/) [Piers Anthony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piers-anthony/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/806/piers-anthony-8252_action_every-person-professes-to-love-good-and_2705063.jpg) > [“A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inactions, and in either case he is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stuart-mill/a-person-may-cause-evil-to-others-not-only-by-his-actions-but-by-his/) [John Stuart Mill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stuart-mill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe6/john-stuart-mill-477_evil_a-person-may-cause-evil-to-others-not-on_866531.png) > [According as a man acts and walks in the path of life, so he becomes. He that does good becomes good; he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yajnavalkya/according-as-a-man-acts-and-walks-in-the-path-of-life-so-he-becomes/) [Yajnavalkya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yajnavalkya/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1e/yajnavalkya-85167_action_according-as-a-man-acts-and-walks-in-the_2170512.jpg) > [“One doesn't commit evil actions in the belief that one is acting wrongly. What allows one to commit such acts is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/una-mccormack/one-doesn-t-commit-evil-actions-in-the-belief-that-one-is-acting/) [Una McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/una-mccormack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc2/una-mccormack-43320_faith_one-doesn-t-commit-evil-actions-in-the-b_128161.jpg) > [When your enemy and his or her evil actions come to mind,send him or her a blessing. Wish your enemy well. Hope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/senoraroy/when-your-enemy-and-his-or-her-evil-actions-come-to-mind-send-him-or/) [Senoraroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/senoraroy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c04/senoraroy-77_enemy_when-your-enemy-and-his-or-her-evil-acti_2397493.jpg) > [Lord keep us all from sin. Teach us how to walk circumspectly; enable us to guard our minds against error of doctrine,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/lord-keep-us-all-from-sin-teach-us-how-to-walk-circumspectly-enable/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d77/charles-spurgeon-82_evil_lord-keep-us-all-from-sin-teach-us-how-t_1358172.png) > [“Don't let the evil actions of broken people define your view of our world! Don't be terrorized into a diluted, hopeless reality.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-maraboli/don-t-let-the-evil-actions-of-broken-people-define-your-view-of-our/) [Steve Maraboli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-maraboli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e8/steve-maraboli-178_evil_don-t-let-the-evil-actions-of-broken-peo_839396.jpg) > [“we are directed not merely to abstain from evil actions, but even from evil thoughts, and from idle words, and empty talk,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/we-are-directed-not-merely-to-abstain-from-evil-actions-but-even-from/) [The Church Fathers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-church-fathers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19b/the-church-fathers-1438_evil-thoughts_we-are-directed-not-merely-to-abstain-fr_2946781.jpg) > [The actions of bad men produce only temporary evil, the actions of good men only temporary good ; and eventually the good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-thomas-buckle/the-actions-of-bad-men-produce-only-temporary-evil-the-actions-of/) [Henry Thomas Buckle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-thomas-buckle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37e/henry-thomas-buckle-29673_action_the-actions-of-bad-men-produce-only-temp_298769.jpg) > [“Evidently, evildoing also has a threshold magnitude. Yes, a human being hesitates and bobs back and forth between good and evil all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aleksandr-i-solzhenitsyn/evidently-evildoing-also-has-a-threshold-magnitude-yes-a-human-being/) [Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aleksandr-i-solzhenitsyn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/aleksandr-i-solzhenitsyn-18638_good-and-evil_evidently-evildoing-also-has-a-threshold_349060.jpg) > [Even when your body does nothing, sin can be active in your mind. When your soul inwardly repulses the evil one's attack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/even-when-your-body-does-nothing-sin-can-be-active-in-your-mind-when/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4a/gregory-palamas-12213_action_even-when-your-body-does-nothing-sin-can_252802.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evil-actions/#itemlist", "name": "Evil Actions Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Anger is the mother of a whole brood of evil actions.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gordon B. 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