Action Quotes

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Consider the sexual harassment which continually occurs between a secretary and a boss . . . while objectionable to many women, [it] is not a… — Walter Block
I'm not against gay people... I have a relative who is also gay. We can't help it if they were born that way. What I'm… — Manny Pacquiao
Existence permeates sexuality and vice versa, so that it is impossible to determine, in a given decision or action, the proportion of sexual to other… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty
With every righteous action, we prepare the way for the New Earth on which righteousness will dwell. And bringing justice to those who suffer violence… — JÃ¼rgen Moltmann
Who stands firm? Only the one for whom the final standard is not his reason, his principles, his conscience, his freedom, his virtue, but who… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
A child’s greatest achievements are possible in play, achievements that tomorrow will become her basic level of real action. — Lev S. Vygotsky
Passion, like discriminating taste, grows on its use. You more likely act yourself into feeling than feel yourself into action. — Jerome Bruner
Right action tends to be defined in terms of general individual rights and standards that have been critically examined and agreed upon by the whole… — Lawrence Kohlberg
See what a hidden life the life of a good Christian is, and how much it is concealed from the eye and observation of the… — Matthew Henry
I don't really have anything to say. Basketball is not a game that you can play with your mouth. It needs action to prove yourself. — Yao Ming
Many people put up with things that are unpleasant but tolerable, rather than changing them; their situation needs to become unbearable before they take action — Brendan Brazier
If you are unsure of a course of action, do not attempt it. Your doubts and hesitations will infect your execution. Timidity is dangerous: Better… — Robert Greene
With such a deep rooted interest you can withstand the setbacks and failures, the days of drudgery, and the hard work that are always a… — Robert Greene
Do not accept the roles that society foists on you. Re-create yourself by forging a new identity, one that commands attention and never bores the… — Robert Greene
Our leaders will serve the common good with better laws and better actions only when we serve it first, by casting better votes. — Alan Keyes
Preferential affirmative action patronizes American blacks, women, and others by presuming that they cannot succeed on their own. Preferential affirmative action does not advance civil… — Alan Keyes
Life and death do not wait for legal action. — Daphne du Maurier
The most creative social strategy we have to offer is the church. Here we show the world a manner of life the world can never… — Stanley Hauerwas
It is indeed in many ways more comfortable to belong to that section of society whose action are not publicly canvassed and discussed — Murasaki Shikibu
...In every realm of male expression and action, violence is experienced and articulated as love and freedom. — Andrea Dworkin
The great secret of morals is love; or a going out of our nature, and an identification of ourselves with the beautiful which exists in… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
The ability to imagine oneself in another's place and understand the other's feelings, desires, ideas, and actions. The most obvious example, perhaps, is that of… — Sam Vaknin
There's a gap somehow between empathy and activism. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of 'soul force' - something that emanates from a deep truth… — Sue Monk Kidd
Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance. — Thomas Carlyle
We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can. . . . The more of the details… — William James

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