Action Quote by George Herbert

“Neither turn to thy own way nor seek thy own gain. But inquire the good way's of God.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Speak not nor act before thou hast reflected.

— Pythagoras

In praise of Thy goodness I must confess that Thou didst try with all Thy means to draw me to Thee. Sometimes it pleased…

— Ludwig van Beethoven

Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike; One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike.

— Ben Jonson

Praise thyself never.

— Seneca the Younger

“May I consent to and delight in thy law after the inner man, never complain over the strictness of thy demands, but mourn over…

— Arthur Bennett

Be upright in thy whole life; be content in all its changes;so shalt thou make thy profit out of all occurrences; so shall everything…

— Akhenaton

“Serve in the grace of strength within thy soul.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Thou movest us to delight in praising Thee; for Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest…

— Saint Augustine

We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Even as the Sun doth not wait for prayers and incantations to rise, but shines forth and is welcomed by all: so thou also…

— Epictetus

Never esteem anything as of advantage to thee that shall make thee break thy word or lose thy self-respect.

— Marcus Aurelius