Actively Quotes

333 Actively quotes by 299 unique authors

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… — Unknown Author
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
Moreover, behind this vague tendency to treat religion as a side issue in modern life, there exists a strong body of opinion that is actively… — Christopher Dawson
But once we realize that people have very different kinds of minds, different kinds of strengths -- some people are good in thinking spatially, some… — Howard Gardner
I will be calmly active, actively calm. I am a prince of peace, sitting on the throne of poise, directing the kingdom of my activity. — Paramahansa Yogananda
The simplest type of breakdown exhibits itself as an oscillation in a goal-seeking process which appears only when that process is actively invoked. — Norbert Wiener
My definition of success? The more you are actively and practically engaged, the more successful you will feel. — Richard Branson
Trust is maintained when values and beliefs are actively managed. If companies do not actively work to keep clarity, discipline and consistency in balance, then… — Simon Sinek
Christians must understand the nature of the change that has occurred in our culture. No longer do the secularists just mock Christians from afar. They… — Ken Ham
Editors of open anthologies actively seek submissions from all comers, established and unknown. They are willing to read whatever the tide washes up at their… — Lynn Abbey
People resist exploitation. They resist as actively as they can, as passively as they must. — Immanuel Wallerstein
As I grow older part of my emotional survival plan must be to actively seek inspiration instead of passively waiting for it to find me. — Bebe Moore Campbell
I never stopped working, but I did let my contract run out. And I didn't really actively pursue it. — Juice Newton
If we could only make our hands move as actively as our tongues, what wonders we could accomplish! Almost everyone loves to hear his own… — John Wanamaker
If you're not actively involved in getting what you want, you don't really want it. — Peter McWilliams
This system in which a child is constantly moving objects with his hands and actively exercising his senses, also takes into account a child's special… — Maria Montessori
As a born-again Christian, I believe God actively and directly influences me to action. — Herschel Walker

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