Act Quotes

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Some foreign states will act against a dictatorship only to gain their own economic, political, or military control over the country. — Gene Sharp
Every single courageous act of coming out chips away at the curse of homophobia. Most importantly it's destroyed within yourself, and that act creates the… — Anthony Venn-Brown
At a certain moment the canvas began to appear to one American painter after another as an arena in which to act-rather than as a… — Harold Rosenberg
God is waiting eagerly to respond with new strength to each little act of self-control, small disciplines of prayer, feeble searching after him. And his… — Richard Holloway
It takes four generations to recover from every act of violence. — Rebecca Adamson
An educated person must learn to act justly, beginning, first of all, with his thoughts, then later in his deeds. That is what it means… — Pramoedya Ananta Toer
The good pleasure of God is an act of the divine will freely and effectively determining all things. — William Ames
The first act of religion, therefore, concerns those things which are communicated to us from God. The other concerns those things which we yield to… — William Ames
Evil doesnâ€™t have to be an overt act; it can be merely the absence of good. If you have the ability, the resources, and the… — Yvon Chouinard
Our senses are woefully limited. Our brains are but tiny candles flickering in an infinity of darkness. Our only wisdom is to admit that we… — Barry Hughart
Books are in no hurry. An act of creation is in no hurry; it reads us, it privileges us infinitely. — George Steiner
The older you get, the more important it is to not act your age. — Ashleigh Brilliant
The intuitive recognition of the instant, thus reality is the highest act of wisdom. — Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
Football is played best full of adrenaline and anger. Moderation seldom finds a place. Almost every act of baseball is a blending of effort and… — Thomas Boswell
Catching something is merely a byproduct of our fishing. It is the act of fishing that wipes away all grief, lightens all worry, dissolves all… — Gladys Taber
Climbing is a heroic liberating act; and height spontaneously symbolizes things of high value, be it in the value of worldly power or of spirituality.… — Rudolf Arnheim
Do not be fooled by one who recites the QurÃ¢n. His recitation is but speech â€“ but look to those who act according to it. — Unknown Author
Boredom or discontent is useful to me when I acknowledge it and see clearly my assumption that there's something else I would rather be doing.… — Hugh Prather
Most of the worst errors I made in my life came from forgetting to act small. — Felix Dennis
The object we call a book is not the real book, but its seed or potential, like a music score. It exists fully only in… — Rebecca Solnit

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