Act Quotes

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Eating is an agricultural act. Eating ends the annual drama of the food economy that begins with planting and birth. Most eaters, however, are no… — Wendell Berry
I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival. — Audre Lorde
I think writing is, by definition, an optimistic act. — Michael Cunningham
I can express gratitude for the simple act of being able to breathe in and breathe out. I can move away from darkness and depression… — Janet Jackson
A genuine act of kindness makes me feel like I really am where you cut underneath anything external, and you become what a human being… — Catherine Ryan Hyde
Humanistic law aims at saving man and remaking society. For Humanism, salvation is an act of the state. — R.J. Rushdoony
The single biggest act of bravery or madness anyone can do is the act of change. — Matt Haig
A world without God cannot wait for us to choose the safe path. If we wait for someone else to take the risk, we risk… — Erwin McManus
Is it possible that the creative act is simply the materialization of the future- making the invisible, visible? — Erwin McManus
Happiness and unhappiness are in the heart and spirit of each one of us: If you feel unhappy, then place yourself above that and act… — Catherine the Great
The tea ceremony requires years of training and practice ... yet the whole of this art, as to its detail, signifies no more than the… — Lafcadio Hearn
Optimism is a political act. Those who benefit from the status quo are perfectly happy for us to think nothing is going to get any… — Alex Steffen
Consecration is not the act of our feelings but of our WILL. — F B Meyer
Jesus Christ has bought us with His blood, but, alas, He has not had His money's worth! He paid for ALL, and He has had… — F B Meyer
When we want to know God's will, there are three things which always concur: the inward impulse, the Word of God and the trend of… — F B Meyer
When mystics use the word love, they use it very carefully - in the deeply spiritual sense, where to love is to know; to love… — Eknath Easwaran
An act against the Constitution is void; an act against natural equity is void. — James Otis
Only one-fourth of the sorrow in each man's life is caused by outside uncontrollable elements, the rest is self-imposed by failing to analyze and act… — Holbrook Jackson
You reap what you sow — not something else, but that. An act of love makes the soul more loving. A deed of humbleness deepens… — Frederick William Robertson
How the visual world appears is important to me. I'm always aware of the light. I'm always aware of what I would call the 'deep… — Sam Abell
Our God is not made of stone. His heart is the most sensitive and tender of all. No act goes unnoticed, no matter how insignificant… — Richard J. Foster
Most people believe they have a clear idea of what's right and wrong. Many say they know how they'll act, or how they'll handle an… — Lurlene McDaniel
Do you dislike your role in the story, your place in the shadow? What complaints do you have that the hobbits could not have heaved… — N.D. Wilson
If you would shut your door against the children for an hour a day and say: 'Mother is working on her five-act tragedy in blank… — Brenda Ueland
Our behavior is a function of our experience. We act according to the way we see things. If our experience is destroyed, our behavior will… — R. D. Laing

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