Acts Quotes

1679 Acts quotes by 1187 unique authors

The holiday season promotes a heightened sense of community. It draws our chins up and helps us look above and over the limiting fence of… — Mary Anne Radmacher
He who asks to receive his daily bread does not automatically receive it in its fullness as it is in itself: he receives it according… — Maximus the Confessor
When our intellect has shaken off its many opinions about created things, then the inner principle of truth appears clearly to it, providing it with… — Maximus the Confessor
I actually have heard of acts who only do their new album, and don't do their hits. I've never been in that mind set. — Mike Love
Television preachers extract money from the poor to live in a style and to indulge in shameful acts which equal or outdo the worst of… — J. Irwin Miller
The photographs of Iraqi prisoners being subjected to degrading and humiliating treatment by their captors, and the reports of acts of sexual abuse, physical abuse,… — Ed Markey
I refuse to imprison our acts in the rigid mould of sentences. — Ella Maillart
Animals can adapt to problems and make inventions, but often no faster than natural selection can do its work - the world acts as its… — Vernor Vinge
Going from 'Shark Night' to 'Piranha,' a guy holding a fish on a stick in front of you that they're going to replace in post-production,… — Chris Zylka
Learn to commend thy daily acts to God, so shall the dry every-day duties of common life be steps to heaven, and lift they heart… — Edward Bouverie Pusey
Unbelievers, those who believe with difficulty, or believe in part, are those who do not show their faith through works. Apart from works the demons… — Symeon the New Theologian
Since 'the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and the violent take it by force' (Mt. 11:12), and it is impossible for the faithful to enter… — Symeon the New Theologian
Studies of volunteers have shown there is a benefit to performing acts of love for other people. The irony is that it is actually in… — Bernie Siegel
Sometimes we are simply "blown away" and in awe by finding ourselves in the presence of God. Other times, however, even when we are participating… — Harold S. Kushner
I have witnessed and greatly enjoyed the first act of everything which Wagner created, but the effect on me has always been so powerful that… — Mark Twain
It seems to me that you are solving a problem which goes beyond the limits of physiology in too simple a way. Physiology has realized… — Alexander Herzen
What meaning do our lives have if we cannot set aside at least one hour a day out of 24 for thinking about God? Think… — Mata Amritanandamayi
A manure containing several ingredients acts in this wise: The effect of all of them in the soil accommodates itself to that one among them… — Justus von Liebig
Food-what is chosen from the possibilities available, how it is presented, how it is eaten, with whom and when, and how much time is allotted… — Margaret Visser
Everyone connected to the internet acts globally. it is wildly foolish to think locally. — Paul Vixie
The man who acts the least, upbraids the most. — Homer
The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, to a certain extent, to… — Jerome K. Jerome
A man's acts are partly determined by spontaneous impulse, partly by the conscious and unconscious effects of the various groups to which he belongs. — Bertrand Russell
Beginning in 1973 and then acts in '77, '78, 1980, 1994 and then into the 21st century in the international arena, governments have steadily gotten… — Frederick W. Smith
I see in the rising crescendo of ethnic tensions, civilization clashes and the use of religious justification for acts of terror, a clear and present… — Jonathan Sacks

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