« All Act Quotes · Charles Caleb Colton's Page
Act Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton
- We must be careful how we flatter fools too little, or wise men too much, for the flatterer must act the very reverse of the…
- Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.
- An act by which we make one friend and one enemy is a losing game; because revenge is a much stronger principle than gratitude
- Nobility of birth does not always insure a corresponding unity of mind; if it did, it would always act as a stimulus to noble actions;…
- It is good to act as if. It is even better to grow to the point where it is no longer an act.
- He that dies a martyr proves that he was not a knave, but by no means that he was not a fool; since the most…
- He that aspires to be the head of a party will find it more difficult to please his friends than to perplex his foes. He…
- Hypocrites act by virtue.... They frame many counterfeits of her, with which they make an ostentatious parade, in all public assemblies, and processions; but the…
- The gamester, if he die a martyr to his profession, is doubly ruined. He adds his soul to every other loss, and by the act…
More Act Quotes
- Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
- It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded… — Hannah Arendt
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we… — Aristotle
- Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
- Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
- Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
- Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
- We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure the material… — Julian Assange
- Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
- All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but… — Wystan Hugh Auden