Acts Quotes

1679 Acts quotes by 1187 unique authors

For if we are observed in all matters, we are constantly under threat of correction, judgment, criticism, even plagiarism of our own uniqueness. We become… — Bruce Schneier
On Hillary Clinton, who was an ardent Goldwater supporter in 1964: 'If he'd let his wife run business, I think he'd be better off. ...… — Barry Goldwater
In libertinage, nothing is frightful, because everything libertinage suggests is also a natural inspiration; the most extraordinary, the most bizarre acts, those which most arrantly… — Marquis de Sade
No man can afford to express, through words or acts, that which is not in harmony with his own beliefs, and if he does so,… — Napoleon Hill
We tolerate, even promote, many things we once regarded as evil, wrong, or immoral. And then we seek "explanations" for an act that seems beyond… — Cal Thomas
Capitalism drives the employers to do their worst to the employed, and the employed to do the least for them. And it boasts all the… — George Bernard Shaw
Remember, the U.S. is a powerful state, it's not like Libya. If Libya wants to carry out terrorist acts, they hire Carlos the Jackal or… — Noam Chomsky
Government should be good for the liberty of the governed, and that is when it governs to the least possible degree. It should be good… — Augustin Thierry
Don't delay acting on a good idea. Chances are someone else has just thought of it, too. Success comes to the one who acts first. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Anonymously perform acts of kindness, expecting nothing in return, not even a thank-you. The universal all-creating Spirit responds to acts of kindness with the response:… — Wayne Dyer
Dangerous acts can be done safely in a community which thinks and feels rightly, which would be the way to hell if they were executed… — John Maynard Keynes
Thoughts lead to acts, acts lead to habits, habits lead to character - and our character will determine our eternal destiny. — Ezra Taft Benson
Whoever acts with respect will get respect. — Unknown Author
There is nothing so great or ideally beautiful as the action of God in the human soul. If we knew how to discern it in… — Unknown Author
The "door of faith" (Acts 14:27) is always open for us, ushering us into the life of communion with God and offering entry into his… — Pope Benedict XVI
...the stronger our gun control laws are, the fewer acts of violence.... — Joe Lieberman
I care little in the existence of a heaven or hell; self respect does not allow me to guide my acts with an eye toward… — Heinrich Heine
He who does wrong does wrong against himself. He who acts unjustly acts unjustly to himself, because he makes himself bad. — Marcus Aurelius
Another advantage accruing from this ingredient in the constitution of a senate, is the additional impediment it must prove against improper acts of legislation. No… — James Madison
The invasion of private rights is chiefly to be apprehended, not from acts of Government contrary to the sense of its constituents, but from acts… — James Madison
Acts of terror have never brought down liberal democracies. Acts of parliament have closed a few. — William Eldridge Odom
Nothing in the nature around us is evil. This needs to be repeated since one of the human ways of talking oneself into inhuman acts… — John Berger
While many people like the idea of exercising unconditional love, most eventually find it too draining and impossible to sustain, often because the attempt to… — Aberjhani
Those graceful acts, those thousand decencies, that daily flow from all her words and actions, mixed with love and sweet compliance, which declare unfeigned union… — John Milton
Attempts to enforce by legal sanctions, acts obnoxious to so great a proportion of Citizens, tend to enervate the laws in general, and to slacken… — James Madison

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