Acts Quotes

1679 Acts quotes by 1187 unique authors

Leadership comes in small acts as well as bold strokes. — Carly Fiorina
There are no second acts in American lives. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
In all my public and private acts as your president, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty… — Gerald R. Ford
The fact is, society is made more hospitable by every individual who acts as if 'do unto others' really was a rule. — Gary Hamel
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism. — Alexander Hamilton
The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the… — Sydney J. Harris
Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination. — Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
Those who committed these cowardly acts may believe that they have shaken our resolve to defeat terrorism. They could not be more wrong. — Doc Hastings
Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts. — William Hazlitt
Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man. — Martin Heidegger
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. — Robert A. Heinlein
People repeat behaviour that leads to flooding their brains with pleasurable chemicals. The short-term reward loop acts over hours to years, and the long-term reproductive… — Keith Henson
To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time. — Katharine Hepburn
It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate. — Eric Hoffer
The Taliban's acts of cultural vandalism - the most infamous being the destruction of the giant Bamiyan Buddhas - had a devastating effect on Afghan… — Khaled Hosseini
Stupidity talks, vanity acts. — Victor Hugo
Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds. — Victor Hugo
Let me say this loud and clear. There is a world of difference between terrorist acts and the Islamic Shari'a. Islam is not only a… — King Hussein I
For us to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other and especially to ourselves. The lies are necessary because, without… — Derrick Jensen
I was always a little embarrassed when there was an act on television that requires a great deal of skill but is a little goofy,… — Penn Jillette
I'm a big fan of certain new acts. I love any genre of music, and I think it's really great to see that there are… — Joe Jonas
No sooner said than done - so acts your man of worth. — Franz Kafka
Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the… — Robert Kennedy
Everything, everything in war is barbaric... But the worst barbarity of war is that it forces men collectively to commit acts against which individually they… — Ellen Key
For as long as the power of America's diversity is diminished by acts of discrimination and violence against people just because they are black, Hispanic,… — Ron Kind

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