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403 quotes by 372 authors

Even in the business of corporations honesty is the best policy, and the companies that have acted in accordance with the highest standard, other things… — Robert Green Ingersoll
People must know that their ideas will be listened to and, if they have merit, acted upon. If they do, it is possible to mobilize… — James A. Champy
There is no question of defence. I have always acted in accordance with the dictates of my conscience. I have nothing with which to reproach… — Agatha Christie
I engaged in behavior which was regrettable and demonstrated bad judgment. I'm 23 years old and despite the successes I've had in the pool, I… — Michael Phelps
I acted on my belief that the NSA's mass surveillance programs would not withstand a constitutional challenge, and that the American public deserved a chance… — Edward Snowden
I believe in the soul ... the small of a woman's back, the hanging curveball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag… — Kevin Costner
In the space between stimulus (what happens) and how we respond, lies our freedom to choose. Ultimately, this power to choose is what defines us… — Stephen Covey
Will we act upon life, or will we merely be acted upon? — Stephen Covey
I leave comparisons to history, claiming only that I have acted in every instance from a conscientious desire to do what was right, constitutional, within… — Ulysses S. Grant
Because the Bush Administration will set no timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, both chambers of Congress acted to make sure our… — Jan Schakowsky
Instead of looking at books and pictures about the New Testament I looked at the New Testament. There I found an account, not in the… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The [next] priority for change the first element of a new politics for the United States is in our policy toward the world. Too much… — Robert Kennedy
The surer of himself an admiral is, the finer the tactical development of his fleet, the better his captains, the more reluctant must he necessarily… — Alfred Thayer Mahan
Faith must become more than a verbal proclamation or an intellectual assent. True faith must be acted out. — Millard Fuller
The Almighty gave us our lives, and I suppose He meant us to defend them, at least I have always acted on that, and I… — H. Rider Haggard
The female form provides the solution in which the essence itself is held; she is passio, and acted upon, the male is actio, the mover. — Marina Warner
When you have shot and killed a man you have in some measure clarified your attitude toward him. You have given a definite answer to… — R. A. Lafferty
For if enough people were really convinced that growth should be halted, and if they acted on that conviction, then billions of others might be… — Herman Kahn
But if we never acted except when we were certain our motives were pure, we would never act at all. — C.J. Sansom
When . . . in the course of all these thousands of years has man ever acted in accordance with his own interests? — Fyodor Dostoevsky

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