Act Quotes

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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… — Epictetus
Remember, you are constantly in the act of creating yourself. You are in every moment deciding who and what you are. You decide this largely… — Neale Donald Walsch
Art is the act of triggering deep memories, of what it means to be fully human. — David Whyte
Philosophy is an act of living. — Plutarch
I have never lived on principles. When I have had to act, I never first asked myself on what principles I was going to act,… — Otto von Bismarck
That man can destroy life is just as miraculous a feat as that he can create it, for life is the miracle, the inexplicable. In… — Erich Fromm
Forbid a man to think for himself or to act for himself and you may add the joy of piracy and the zest of smuggling… — Elbert Hubbard
A satisfying prayer life elevates and purifies every act of body and mind and integrates the entire personality into a single spiritual unit. In the… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Think and then act. Never act and then alibi. — Henry Iba
I am consoled by the fact that the Lord knows how to work and how to act, even with insufficient tools. — Pope Benedict XVI
Inspiration comes from the act of writing. — Unknown Author
The hidden so-called scholars of old did not hide themselves and refuse to be seen. They did not close the door on their words and… — Zhuangzi
...This jewel is the wisdom and compassion that it takes to act not on behalf of ourselves but for all beings. This is where real… — Sakyong Mipham
OUTCOME, n. A particular type of disappointment . . . . judged by the outcome, the result. This is immortal nonsense; the wisdom of an… — Ambrose Bierce
The task of physiological psychology remains the same in the analysis of ideas that it was in the investigation of sensations: to act as mediator… — Wilhelm Wundt
Those of us who work in this field see a developing potential for nearly a total control of human emotional status, mental functioning, and will… — Nathan S. Kline
The dreamers of the day are dangerous... for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible. — T.E. Lawrence
Our goal is not to ignore the problems of life, but to put ourselves in better mental and emotional states where we can not only… — Tony Robbins
The act of writing bears something in common with the act of love. The writer, at his most productive moments, just flows. He gives of… — Sidney Jourard
Love is active penetration of the other person, in which my desire to know is stilled by union. In the act of fusion I know… — Erich Fromm
Understanding and Love are not two separate things, but just one. To develop understanding, you have to practice looking at all living beings with the… — Nhat Hanh
Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
When we work with love we renew the spirit; that renewal is an act of self-love, it nurtures our growth. — Bell Hooks
The atonement of Jesus Christ is the supreme act of love, the supreme example of selfless concern for others. — Howard W. Hunter
The world's a stage where God's omnipotence, His justice, knowledge, love, and providence Do act the parts. — Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas

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