Acts Quotes

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A nation must think before it acts. — Robert Strausz-Hupe
Every person whose heart is moved by love and compassion, who deeply and sincerely acts for the benefit of others without concern for fame, profit,… — Bokar Rinpoche
My background was art school, documentary director and surfer with a keen interest in thrilling acts of life threatening stupidity. — Yahoo Serious
Questions are creative acts of intelligence. — Francis Kingdon Ward
Mathematicians create by acts of insights and intuition. Logic then sanctions the conquests of intuition. — Morris Kline
It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely on your memory alone, scarcely even in acts of pure memory, but to bring… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The one who will be found in trial capable of great acts of love is ever the one who is always doing considerate small ones. — Frederick William Robertson
The selfishness of an age that has devoted itself to the mere cult of pleasure has tainted the whole human race with an error that… — Thomas Merton
Perhaps the strongest evidence that women have as broad and deep a capacity for physical aggression as men is anecdotal. And as with men, this… — Katherine Dunn
The sage acts by doing nothing. — Laozi
The sage acts without taking credit. He accomplishes without dwelling on it. He does not want to display his worth. — Laozi
The highest benevolence acts without purpose. — Laozi
All makers must leave room for the acts of the spirit. But they have to work hard and carefully, and wait patiently, to deserve them. — Ursula K. Le Guin
The absence and suppression of justice can only open the way for extremists to exploit such a condition to perpetrate acts of violence against innocents. — King Hussein I
But the egoist has no ideals, for the knowledge that his ideals are only his ideals, frees him from their domination. He acts for his… — John Buchanan Robinson
In language that is searing and lyrical, evocative and precise, this exceptional book thinks with the zombies, specters, felons, slaves, dogs, cadavers, and other entities… — Donna J. Haraway
Acts that proceed from your calm center are always more effective than acts that proceed from fear, guilt, or anger. — Alan Cohen
I think and hope I have changed the way we look at hats. They are no longer symbols of conformity but highly individual acts of… — Philip Treacy
The constant exercise of our faith by lofty thinking, prayer, devotion, and acts of righteousness is just as essential to spiritual health as physical exercise… — O. Leslie Stone
There is a direct line that runs from our doctrine to our actions, from what is in our minds to what is in our words… — Tom Wells

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