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Action Quotes by Plutarch
- It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad.
- When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, 'Action, Action, Action.'
- Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrate the funeral of a good man, but by hymns; for, ion ceasing to be numbered…
- Democritus said, words are but the shadows of actions.
- Nothing can produce so great a serenity of life as a mind free from guilt and kept untainted, not only from actions, but purposes that…
- Statesmen are not only liable to give an account of what they say or do in public, but there is a busy inquiry made into…
- The man who is completely wise and virtuous has no need of glory, except so far as it disposes and eases his way to action…
- When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was…
- Being conscious of having done a wicked action leaves stings of remorse behind it, which, like an ulcer in the flesh, makes the mind smart…
- To do an evil action is base; to do a good action without incurring danger is common enough; but it is the part of a…
- It is not the most distinguished achievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discovered; but very often an action of small note. An…
More Action Quotes
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
- Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people. — Joe Biden
- Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason… — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as… — Marcus Aurelius