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Acts Quotes by Ayn Rand
- If, before undertaking some action, you must obtain the permission of society-you are not free, whether such permission is granted to you or not. Only…
- In order to live, man must act; in order to act, he must make choices; in order to make choices, he must define a code…
- When one acts on pity against justice, it is the good whom one punishes for the sake of the evil; when one saves the guilty…
- Value is that which one acts to gain and/or keep. Virtue is the act by which one aims and/or keeps it.
More Acts Quotes
- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave… — Aristotle
- The act of dying is one of the acts of life. — Marcus Aurelius
- Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul. — Teresa of Avila
- What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of… — Sai Baba
- We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most… — Philip James Bailey
- A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs. — Bernard Baruch
- Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of… — Joseph Addison
- The real 'action' in the liturgy in which we are all supposed to participate is the action of God himself. This is… — Pope Benedict XVI
- Every individual acts and suffers in accordance with his peculiar teleology, which has all the inevitability of fate, so long as he… — Alfred Adler
- He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence. — William Blake
- Most recently, terrorist forces have captured Israeli soldiers and fired rockets into Israeli cities - both unprovoked. These acts of aggression deserve… — John Boehner