Acts Quotes

1679 Acts quotes by 1187 unique authors

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
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
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
Innocence was gone from all our acts. Our habitual state of rebellion became a serious political crime. — Anais Nin
But that's the problem with love - it acts on you, works through you, resists your attempts to control. — Lauren Oliver
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
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
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
Most victories are, in the best way, acts of revenge. — Alain de Botton
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
Great moves of God are usually preceded by simple acts of obedience. — Steven Furtick
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
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
When a woman acts as though she’s capable of everything, she gets stuck doing everything. — Sherry Argov
...she (the artist, the writer) doesn't wait for inspiration, she acts in the anticipation of its apparition. — Steven Pressfield
Our Savior kneels down and gazes upon the darkest acts of our lives. But rather than recoil in horror, he reaches out in kindness and… — Max Lucado
During courtship, guarding each other's purity and refraining from intimacy are the acts of lovemaking. — Joshua Harris
I didn't know what to say. I felt like crying, Goddammit everybody in the world wants an explanation for your acts and for your very… — Jack Kerouac
What I've come to learn is that the world is never saved in grand messianic gestures, but in the simple accumulation of gentle, soft, almost… — Chris Abani
In what I like to call the Great Asymmetry, every spectacular incident of evil will be balanced by 10,000 acts of kindness, too often unnoted… — Stephen Jay Gould
Youth doesn't reason, it acts. The old man reasons and would like to make the others act in his place. — Francis Picabia
For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work. — Doug Larson
Everyone will experience the consequences of his own acts. If his acts are right, he'll get good consequences; if they're not, he'll suffer for it. — Harry Browne
The only person who acts sensibly is my tailor. He takes my measure anew every time he sees me. Everyone else goes by their old… — George Bernard Shaw
In daily practice, the word brand stands as a surrogate for the word reputation. In fact, your brand acts just like a person. When you… — Jim Mullen

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