Actions Quotes

3286 Actions quotes by 1912 unique authors

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
The arithmetical machine produces effects that approach nearer to thought than all the actions of animals. But it does nothing that would enable us to… — Blaise Pascal
On the occasions when I have pondered over men's various activities, the dangers and worries they are exposed to at court or at war, from… — Blaise Pascal
What we think of Christ influences our thinking and controls our actions. — Billy Graham
When a man's life is destroyed or damaged by some wound or privation of soul or body, which is due to other men's actions or… — Simone Weil
He who has learnt to control his tongue has attained self-control in a great measure. When such a person speaks he will be heard with… — B.K.S. Iyengar
Human judgment of human actions is true and void , that is to say, first true and then void.... The judgment of the word is… — Franz Kafka
Just as we descend into our consciences to judge of actions which our minds can not weigh, can we not also search in ourselves for… — Alfred de Vigny
The child is not a prisoner of its inheritance; it holds its inheritance as a new creation which its future actions will unfold. — Jacob Bronowski
If one had to worry about one's actions in respect of other people's ideas, one might as well be buried alive in an antheap or… — Aleister Crowley
Modem science, then, maintains on the one hand that nature, both organic and inorganic, strives towards a state of order and that man's actions are… — Rudolf Arnheim
There's an enduring American compulsion to be on the side of the angels. Expediency alone has never been an adequate American reason for doing anything.… — Jonathan Raban
It's easier to swoon in pious dreams Than do good actions. — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Too often we think we can act without explaining and take decisions without justifying them. — Peter Mandelson
What do we mean by 'crazy?' What do we mean by 'mad?' At what point is a person just different and at what point can… — Jo Nesbo
In Scotland, Catholics have raised their voices against sectarianism and intolerance directed against the Church. Clearly, these actions show that freedom of religious expression, a… — Keith O'Brien
As our planet takes action to cast out its manmade poisons and heal its man-caused wounds, many human inhabitants will no doubt give way to… — Benjamin Hoff
A U.S. Senator should have the same right as a member of the Knesset...to disagree with any government when its actions may not be in… — Charles H. Percy
But the system of prices ruling the market not only transmits information in the light of which economic agents can mutually adjust their actions, it… — Michael Polanyi
I grew up in the Deep South, where sexism, racism, and homophobia were and still are alive and well. I have early, early memories of… — Pauley Perrette
I'm not sure that it's possible to write a novel about people who don't transgress or stumble, people who don't surprise themselves with the things… — Tom Perrotta

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