Acts Quotes

1679 Acts quotes by 1187 unique authors

All our acts have sacramental possibilities. — Freya Stark
Every word you utter to another human being has an effect, but you don't know it. If people begin to understand that change comes about… — Howard Zinn
The Gospel acts without threats... it teaches us about the supreme goodwill of God towards us. — John Calvin
It is my sincere opinion that our precious time on earth should not be spent attempting to justify unbelievable acts of cruelty, death, and disease… — David G. McAfee
If you are religious, you believe that your religion is the 'right' one—and, in many cases, all others will be sent to hell. Similarly, a… — David G. McAfee
The most important benefit of patience consists in the way it acts as a powerful antidote to the affliction of anger - the greatest threat… — Dalai Lama
Man becomes a slave to his constantly repeated acts. What he at first chooses, at last compels. — Orison Swett Marden
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions; never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination. — Benjamin Disraeli
Here is a most significant fact-the subconscious mind takes any orders given it in a spirit of absolute FAITH, and acts upon those orders, although… — Napoleon Hill
That slow poison [slavery] is daily contaminating the minds and morals of our people. Every gentlemen here is born a petty tyrant, practiced in acts… — George Mason
In the true order of things one does not do something in order to be happy-one is happy and, hence, does something. One does not… — Neale Donald Walsch
To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties. For he who renounces everything no… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The citizens of a city are not guilty of the crimes committed in their city; but they are guilty as participants in the destiny of… — Paul Tillich
Symbols are specific acts or figures, while myths develop and elaborate these symbols into a story which contains characters and several episodes. The myth is… — Rollo May
The Tao never acts with force, yet there is nothing that it can not do. — Laozi
As it acts in the world, the Tao is like the bending of a bow. The top is bent downward; the bottom is bent up.… — Laozi
I agree that it is not just the extremists who harbor bad thoughts or engage in bad acts, but they are usually the source of… — Joichi Ito
No longer in a relational universe, can we study anything as separate from ourselves. Our acts of observation are part of the process that brings… — Margaret J. Wheatley
In the East there is a gap between the top of a wall and underside of a roof; it acts as a screen, and the… — Stephen Gardiner
Thus far I have explained the phenomena of the heavens and of our sea by the force of gravity, but I have not yet assigned… — Isaac Newton
Live in the Acts of the Apostles, and every day you will see some miracle worked by the power of the living God. — Smith Wigglesworth
Act without doing; work without effort. Think of the small as large and the few as many. Confront the difficult while it is still easy;… — Laozi
The technologists claim that if everything works [in a nuclear fission reactor] according to their blueprints, fission energy will be a safe and very attractive… — Hannes Alfven
I want Maggie Gyllenhaal. I don't know why. I don't think she necessarily looks like me or acts like me, I just think she's a… — Diablo Cody
You can't travel the back roads very long without discovering a multitude of gentle people doing good for others with no expectation of gain or… — Charles Kuralt

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