Act Quotes

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Wisdom always waits for the right time to act, while emotion always pushes for action right now! — Joyce Meyer
I consider non-violence to be compassion in action. It doesn’t mean weakness, cowering in fear, or simply doing nothing. It is to act without violence,… — Dalai Lama
Somehow this literary genre, which most people condemned, acted as a sort of counterbalance to Charles's soul; it was the ballast that prevented him from… — FÃ©lix J. Palma
Life always bursts the boundaries of formulas. Defeat may prove to have been the only path to resurrection, despite its ugliness. I take it for… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Let's develop theories patiently and honestly thinking them out, in order to promptly act against them - acting and justifying our actions with new theories… — Fernando Pessoa
Well for everyone to make a study of astrology for, as indicated, while many individuals have set about to prove the astrological aspects and astrological… — Edgar Cayce
The doubling of oil prices ... is creating a more difficult environment in which to act. — Gordon Brown
I consider writing an act of good citizenship. — Kurt Vonnegut
Writing is an act of cherishing... It is an act of love. — Julia Cameron
We are rather apt to consider an act wrong because it is unpleasant to us. — George Eliot
It's an act of faith to be a writer in a post literate world. — Rita Mae Brown
Some relate . . . that the eagle tries the eyes of her young by turning them to the sun; which if they cannot look… — John Owen
You can certainly destroy enough of humanity so that only the greatest act of faith can persuade you that what's left will be human. — J. Robert Oppenheimer
One of the first items of Congressional business in 2006 will be an effort to renew the USA Patriot Act. — Roger Wicker
Congress and the White House are working out their scheme for pushing through a healthcare 'reform' bill that has more pages than the U.S. Constitution… — Butch Otter
Decisive action has been taken on the home front with passage of the USA Patriot Act, which has strengthened the hand of law enforcement agencies… — Roger Wicker
Eating is a political act. — Michael Pollan
Every act of energy conservation... is more than just common sense: I tell you it is an act of patriotism. — Jimmy Carter
Grace is not a strange, magic substance which is subtly filtered into our souls to act as a kind of spiritual penicillin. Grace is unity,… — Thomas Merton
An act of imagination is an act of self-acceptance. — Richard Hugo
We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence. But they hesitate, waiting for the other fellow to make the first move-and he,… — Aristotle
Compassion is an act of tolerance where kindness and forgiveness reign. When we make the compassionate choice, we enhance the dignity of each individual, which… — Leo Buscaglia
To act is to anchor in the imminent future. — Emile M. Cioran
I believe it is incumbent upon Congress to act aggressively to ameliorate fear and help our country take the essential steps that will make our… — Paul Gillmor
We have seen that, in another unfunded mandate, the so-called No Child Left Behind Act, which created tougher standards, and we all support that, but… — Bob Filner

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