Actively Quotes

333 quotes by 307 authors

As a feminist you feel you have to be actively doing things â€¨to relieve womenâ€™s plight. Actually, feminism is just thinking â€¨we should have the… — Evie Wyld
Reading, reading actively, strengthens the soul. — Katrina Kenison
The writer cannot be a mere storyteller; he cannot be a mere teacher; he cannot merely X-ray societyâ€™s weaknesses, its ills, its perils. He or… — Ken Saro-Wiwa
I didn't set out to become a leader, so I always come back to my first lesson - just do it. If you're the first… — Ellen Sandell
Virtue begins when we dedicate ourselves actively to the job of gratitude. — Ruth Benedict
Knowledge is no longer an immobile solid; it has been liquefied. it is actively moving in all the currents of society itself — John Dewey
There's no question that Saddam Hussein is a threat Yes, he has chemical and biological weapons. He's had those for a long time. But the… — Wesley Clark
So too, in forming a constitution, or in enacting rules of procedure, or making canons, the people do not merely passively assent, but actively cooperate.… — Charles Hodge
The war years count double. Things and people not actively in use age twice as fast. — Arnold Bennett
If I'm watching my son play soccer, that's what I'm doing. If I'm going to a school concert, that's what I'm doing. I turn the… — Gail Kelly
Much of the geographical work of the past hundred years... has either explicitly or implicitly taken its inspiration from biology, and in particular Darwin. Many… — David Stoddart
Whether we like it or not, quantification in history is here to stay for reasons which the quantifiers themselves might not actively approve. We are… — J. H. Plumb
As long as you're actively pursuing your dream with a practical plan, you're still achieving, even if it feels as though you're going nowhere fast.… — Sarah Ban Breathnach
Part of it has to do with the discipline of being actively receptive. At the core of this receptivity is a process that might be… — Henry Wessel, Jr.
I am not asking you as a white person to see yourself as an enslaver. I'm asking you as an American to see all of… — Ta-Nehisi Coates
When happiness is actually in possession, the thought of evil can no more acquire the feeling of reality than the thought of good can gain… — William James
There is this idea that appealing to youth is the only way forward. But that is no longer the case. Youth is not everything. Now… — Julie Walters
In any new situation, whether it involves an elevator or a rocket ship, you will almost certainly be viewed in one of three ways. As… — Chris Hadfield
To be actively pro-life is to contribute to the renewal of society through the promotion of the common good. It is impossible to further the… — Pope John Paul II
It is very important for I think those of us who desperately want peace, who see war as, at some level, a break-down, a manifestation… — Barack Obama

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