Action Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

No matter how brilliant an action, it should not be considered great unless it was the result of a great motive.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

All great acts are ruled by intention. What you mean is what you get.

— Brenna Yovanoff

There is no action so slight or so mean but it may be done to a great purpose, and ennobled thereby.

— John Ruskin

It is better that great peoples should seek out glory, or even vanity, in their deeds, than that they should remain indifferent . For…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

No act terminating in itself constitutes greatness.

— William Hazlitt

Greatness is accomplishing the unrequired - doing what is right beyond what is expected.

— Seth Moulton

True greatness is sovereign wisdom. We are never deceived by our virtues.

— Alphonse de Lamartine

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.

— Anonymous

For so great is the difference between just and unjust, that it is visible even in the lifeless image of it. For what order…

— John Calvin

So actions themselves are not good and not bad; only the intention is important.

— Stephen Mitchell

A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort.

— John Ruskin

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

— Anonymous