Action Quote by Andre Alexis

We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.

— Benjamin Jowett

There are kinds of action, for good or ill, that lie so far outside the boundaries of normal behavior that they force us, in…

— Guy Gavriel Kay

Humans have yet to dwell upon the consequences of their actions. People have yet to admit the bad that they do to nature, for…

— Masaaki Hatsumi

Bad deeds, and deeds hurtful to ourselves, are easy to do; what is beneficial and good, that is very difficult to do.

— Max Muller

We can't search or attain well being, wealth, studying, justice or kindness usually. Action is all the time particular, concrete, individualized, distinctive.

— Benjamin Jowett

Adversity, which makes us indulgent to others, renders them severe towards us.

— Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

Our behavior is governed by principles. Living in harmony with them brings positive consequences; violating them brings negative consequences.

— Stephen Covey

“Most of us have been deeply shaped by the false notion that in order for people to behave better they need to feel worse…

— Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

“People usually consider an active and proactive approach as a human virtue. However, sometimes doing nothing is the best choice we can make. If…

— Eraldo Banovac

Circumstances cause us to act the way we do. We should always bear this in mind before judging the actions of others. I realized…

— Thor Heyerdahl

We change our behavior when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing. Consequences give us the pain that…

— Anonymous

It is when we act freely, for the sake of the action itself rather than for ulterior motives, that we learn to become more…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi