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Act Quotes by Nathaniel Branden
- It is naive to think that self-assertiveness is easy. To live self-assertively--which means to live authentically--is an act of high courage. That is why so…
- Living consciously reflects the conviction that sight is preferable to blindness; that respecting the facts of reality is more satisfying than denying them; that evasion…
- The feeling that "I am enough" does not mean that I have nothing to learn, nothing further to achieve, and nowhere to grow to. It…
- If you overcome your fear to ask someone for a date, a raise, or help with a project, that is an act of self-assertiveness. You…
- To love is to see myself in you and to wish to celebrate myself with you. What I love is the embodiment of my values…
- Of all the nonsense written about love, none is more absurd than the notion that ideal love is selfless. To love is to see myself…
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- 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
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- 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
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- Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
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