Actions Quotes

3286 Actions quotes by 1912 unique authors

The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
It might be a good idea if, like the White Queen, we practiced believing six impossible things every morning before breakfast, for we are called… — Madeleine L'Engle
When we are motivated by compassion and wisdom, the results of our actions benefit everyone, not just our individual selves or some immediate convenience. When… — Dalai Lama
A thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions--as attempts to find out something. Success and failure are for him answers above all. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Nostalgia is a necessary thing, I believe, and a way for all of us to find peace in that which we have accomplished, or even… — R A Salvatore
I love the ground under his feet, and the air over his head, and everything he touches and every word he says. I love all… — Emily Bronte
Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your words, Your words become your actions, Your actions become your habits, Your habits become your values,… — Mahatma Gandhi
The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. Only… — Albert Einstein
Humility must accompany all our actions, must be with us everywhere; for as soon as we glory in our good works they are of no… — Saint Augustine
Actions are the first tragedy in life, words are the second. Words are perhaps the worst. Words are merciless. . . — Oscar Wilde
We are free to choose our actions, . . . but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions. — Stephen Covey
When evening comes, I return home and go into my study. On the threshold I strip off my muddy, sweaty, workday clothes, and put on… — Niccolo Machiavelli
I am not imposed upon by fine words; I can see what actions mean. — George Eliot
It is possible to be honest every day. It is possible to live so that others can trust us-can trust our words, our motives, and… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Every individual has to assume responsibility for his or her own actions, even the poor and the young. A social system that decrees otherwise is… — Tom Robbins
I early learned that it is a hard matter to convert an individual by abusing him, and that this is more often accomplished by giving… — Booker T. Washington
...I suddenly felt in myself all the weight of Europe: the weight of deliberate purpose in all our actions. I thought to myself, 'How difficult… — Muhammad Asad
The paths to liberation are numerous, but the bank along the way is always the same, the Bank of Karma, where the liberation account of… — Yann Martel
There is something wonderful about a book. We can pick it up. We can heft it. We can read it. We can set it down.… — Gordon B. Hinckley
We have to abandon the conceit that isolated personal actions are going to solve this crisis. Our policies have to shift. — Al Gore
Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control. We can love and care for others but we cannot possess our children, lovers, family, or… — Jack Kornfield
Assume a virtue, if you have it not. That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat, Of habits devil, is angel yet in this, That… — William Shakespeare
What stops me from taking myself seriously, even though I am essentially a serious person, is that I find myself extremely ridiculous, not in the… — Gustave Flaubert
Our actions in this world, and our ability to rise above the limits of our own self-interest, live on far beyond us and play their… — Kent Nerburn
We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are… — Swami Vivekananda

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