Acts Quotes
1679 quotes by 1187 authors
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We preach and practice brotherhood — not only of man but of all living beings — not on Sundays only but on all the days…
— Virchand Gandhi
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If I'm among men who don't agree at all with my nature, I will hardly be able to accommodate myself to them without greatly changing…
— Irvin D. Yalom
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So I guess you could say Neel owes me a few favors, except that so many favors have passed between us now that they are…
— Robin Sloan
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Few things are sadder than encountering a person who knows exactly what he should do, yet cannot muster enough energy to do it. "He who…
— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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We believe in the ordinary acts of bravery.
— Veronica Roth
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I sometimes think that shame, mere awkward, senseless shame, does as much towards preventing good acts and straightforward happiness as any of our vices can…
— C.S. Lewis
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Politicians are propaganda, the people with guns are the enforcers and the media is the enthusiastic lapdog who enables the entire behavior and acts as…
— Stefan Molyneux
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Yes the truth is that men's ambition and their desire to make money are among the most frequent causes of deliberate acts of injustice.
— Aristotle
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Innocence was gone from all our acts. Our habitual state of rebellion became a serious political crime.
— Anais Nin
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But that's the problem with love - it acts on you, works through you, resists your attempts to control.
— Lauren Oliver
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And don't pay attention to Christina. Your face doesn't look that bad." He smiles a little. "I mean, it looks good. It always looks good.…
— Veronica Roth
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Simple, sincere people seldom speak much of their piety; it shows itself in acts rather than words, and has more influence than homilies or protestations.
— Louisa May Alcott
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You're not asking me to guess the mind of Matrim Cauthon, are you?" Elayne asked. "I'm convinced that Mat only acts simple so that people…
— Robert Jordan
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Most victories are, in the best way, acts of revenge.
— Alain de Botton
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If it looks like a hallway, feels like a hallway, and acts like a hallway—is it important to figure out that it isn’t a hallway?
— Patricia Briggs
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Great moves of God are usually preceded by simple acts of obedience.
— Steven Furtick
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According to current research, in the determination of a person's level of happiness, genetics accounts for about 50 percent; life circumstances, such as age, gender,…
— Gretchen Rubin
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The nerves of the skin send pain signals to the brain to warn us of the danger from and impending injury. In the case of…
— Steven Levenkron
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When a woman acts as though she’s capable of everything, she gets stuck doing everything.
— Sherry Argov
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...she (the artist, the writer) doesn't wait for inspiration, she acts in the anticipation of its apparition.
— Steven Pressfield
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