Performed Quotes
457 Performed quotes by 406 unique authors
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And as a child I was filled with passionate admiration for acts of civic courage I had seen performed by an elderly military doctor, who…
— Rene Cassin
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One of the loveliest weddings I ever performed was that of a gay couple. To me if you are a good citizen, you pay your…
— Judy Sheindlin
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Those who attempt nothing themselves think every thing easily performed, and consider the unsuccessful always as criminal.
— Samuel Johnson
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[The Lord] has indicated that the greatest work we parents can do is performed in our homes, and our homes can be heaven, particularly when…
— Thomas S. Monson
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I also used to work in the Catskill Mountains as a bus boy, and I performed in talent shows.
— Barry Mann
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By far the most numerous and most flagrant violations of personal liberty and individual rights are performed by governments... The major crimes throughout history, the…
— John Hospers
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Don't wait for some miracle to be performed on you from without, lifting you above your fears and doubts and self-centeredness. You help God from…
— E. Stanley Jones
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I performed in Sydney some years ago for the Sydney Festival and I am just so pleased to be returning to the wonderful Sydney Opera…
— Lesley Garrett
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You are only one prayer away from a dream fulfilled, a promise kept, or a miracle performed.
— Mark Batterson
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I remember back in the day, when Jordan wore the 7s, something magical always happened. He always performed at high levels, but it was something…
— Nate Robinson
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For nearly 2,000 years of Christian civilization, taking the life of an unborn child was regarded as a vile and heinous moral offense which degraded…
— Unknown Author
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DUEL, n. A formal ceremony preliminary to reconciliation of two enemies. Great skill is necessary to its satisfactory observance; if awkwardly performed . . .…
— Ambrose Bierce
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OUTCOME, n. A particular type of disappointment . . . . judged by the outcome, the result. This is immortal nonsense; the wisdom of an…
— Ambrose Bierce
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The difficult tasks to be performed are not the ones that mean physical and mental labor, but the ones that you dislike, are the ones…
— George Matthew Adams
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So behave that the odor of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere, that when we behold or scent a flower, we…
— Henry David Thoreau
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God bestows more consideration on the purity of the intention with which our actions are performed than on the actions themselves.
— Saint Augustine
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Action in war is like movement in a resistant element. Just as the simplest and most natural of movements, walking, cannot easily be performed in…
— Carl von Clausewitz
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You can't ask a guy like me why [I performed]. I really wanted to fly through the air. I was a daredevil, a performer. I…
— Evel Knievel
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I think that over the years, whether they want to admit it or not, people have to admit that the women astronauts have performed just…
— Shannon Lucid
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Socrates didn't care to visit the theater, as a rule, except when the plays of Euripides (which some think, he himself had helped to compose),…
— Moses Mendelssohn
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The CARE bill is an important piece of patient-care legislation. It will improve the quality of radiologic procedures performed throughout the United States as well…
— Charles W. Pickering
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There is all the difference in the world between the criminal's avoiding the public eye and the civil disobedience's taking the law into his own…
— Hannah Arendt
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I sometimes feel that I am trying to dig in the world around me. I'm involved in another kind of archaeology to look for another…
— Simon McBurney
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Every human actions becomes dangerous when it is deprived of human feeling. When they are performed with feeling and respect for human values, all activities…
— Dalai Lama
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I know men and women can banish worry, fear and various kinds of illnesses, and can transform their lives by changing their thoughts. I know!…
— Dale Carnegie
Who Wrote These Performed Quotes
406 authors contributed a total of 457 Performed Quotes, led by these top contributors: