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Act Quotes by Epictetus
- It is the act of an ill-instructed man to blame others for his own bad condition; it is the act of one who has begun…
- Were I a nightingale, I would act the part of a nightingale; were I a swan, the part of a swan.
- Each man's life is a kind of campaign, and a long and complicated one at that. You have to maintain the character of a soldier,…
- Remember that you are in actor in a play of such a kind that the author chooses...For this is your duty, to act well the…
- Remember that you are an actor in a play, and that the Playwright chooses the manner of it: If he wants you to act a…
- Survey and test a prospective action before undertaking it. Before you proceed, step back and look at the big picture, lest you act rashly on…
- When we act pugnaciously, and injuriously, and angrily, and rudely, to what level have we degenerated? To the level of the wild beasts. Well, the…
- Remember that you are but an actor, acting whatever part the Master has ordained. It may be short or it may be long. If he…
- Remember that you are an actor in a drama of such sort as the Author chooses: if short, then in a short one; if long,…
- Although we can't control which roles are assigned to us, it must be our business to act our given role as best we possibly can…
- Remember that you ought to behave in life as you would at a banquet. As something is being passed around it comes to you; stretch…
More Act Quotes
- Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
- Nothing is more disgusting than the crowing about liberty by slaves, as most men are, and the flippant mistaking for freedom of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we… — Aristotle
- 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
- It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses to take… — Emilie Autumn
- Well, I think breathing life into the Endangered Species Act, taking those wolves back into Yellowstone, restoring the salmon in the rivers… — Bruce Babbitt
- As a musician and a songwriter, it is an act of the ego to believe that other people might be interested in… — Bono