Actions Quotes

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We find ourselves more taken with the running up and down, the games, and puerile simplicities of our children, than we do, afterward, with their… — Michel de Montaigne
An accident is an inevitable occurrence due to the actions of immutable natural laws. — Ambrose Bierce
A person who is trained to consider his actions, to undertake them deliberately, is in so far forth disciplined. Add to this ability a power… — John Dewey
We are better able to study our neighbors than ourselves, and their actions than our own. — Aristotle
Having faith, beliefs, and convictions is a great thing, but your life is measured by the actions you take based upon them. — Nick Vujicic
The American Dream is one of the greatest ideas in the history of human achievement . . . It thrives today in an age when… — Dan Rather
I don't lie and cheat, but I don't always avoid actions that would be lying and cheating if someone else did them. — Robert Breault
One has to see oneself through one's actions, works, and mind. Knowing the Self by the self is not as easy as writing that line.… — B.K.S. Iyengar
Faith, courage, and intelligent and uninterrupted awareness - these qualities are to be present whether one is wide awake, half asleep, or in deep slumber.… — B.K.S. Iyengar
Good appearance doesnâ€™t make a real man. The important thing is to do your best and keep your promises. A real man should show his… — Yunho
I cannot tell by what logic we call a toad, a bear, or an elephant ugly; they being created in those outward shapes and figures… — Thomas Browne
To be mistaken is a misfortune to be pitied; but to know the truth and not to conform one's actions to it is a crime… — Giuseppe Mazzini
We are used to the actions of human beings, not to their stillness. — V. S. Pritchett
Man sees your actions, but God your motives. — Thomas a Kempis
Perseverance can lend the appearance of dignity and grandeur to many actions, just as silence in company affords wisdom and apparent intelligence to a stupid… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
The gods behold all righteous actions. — Unknown Author
Piety practiced in solitude, like the flower that blooms in the desert, may give its fragrance to the winds of heaven, and delight those unbodied… — Samuel Johnson
To treat of human actions is to deal wholly with second causes. — Herman Melville
A man's motive in the small actions of daily life, like resting a moment on his pitchfork in the sun and listening intently, may be… — Haniel Long
The justification for those actions was that we were living in a very hard, predatory, cloak-and-dagger world and that the only way to deal with… — Norman Cousins

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