Actions Quotes

3286 Actions quotes by 1912 unique authors

The ultimate foundation of honor is the conviction that moral character is unalterable: a single bad action implies that future actions of the same kind… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Your actions in passing, pass not away, for every good work is a grain of seed for eternal life. — Bernard of Clairvaux
To do evil a human being must first of all believe that what he's doing is good, or else that it's a well-considered act in… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
In history an additional result is commonly produced by human actions beyond that which they aim at and obtain -- that which they immediately recognize… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
There are men whose language is strong and defying enough, yet their eyes and their actions ask leave of other men to live. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
All that is observable in a man-that is to say his actions and such of his spiritual existence as can be deduced from his actions-falls… — E. M. Forster
The only care That I shall share Shall be the care of others, And on the road I'll halve the load Of overburdened brothers. I… — John Kendrick Bangs
Coffee renders many foolish people temporarily capable of wise actions — Baron de Montesquieu
Across the board, it's infinitely more effective to praise actions that you want to encourage than to punish those you disapprove of. — Jude Bijou
The majority of men are more capable of great actions than of good ones. — Baron de Montesquieu
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 doesn’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

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