Action Quote by John Calvin

If one is not virtuous he becomes vicious.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

“Was man, indeed, at once so powerful, so virtuous and magnificent, yet so vicious and base? He appeared at one time a mere scion…

— Mary Shelley

The old doctrine that God wanted man to do something for him, and that he kept a watchful eye upon all the children of…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

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

“As one acts and conducts himself, so does he become. The doer of good becomes good. The doer of evil becomes evil. One becomes…

— Maitreya Upanishad

The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever;…

— David

It appears evident, therefore, that those actions only can truly be called virtuous, and deserving of moral approbation, which the agent believed to be…

— Thomas Reid

Vicious habits are so great a stain to human nature, and so odious in themselves, that every person actuated by right reason would avoid…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

It is not histories I am writing, but lives; and in the most glorious deeds there is not always an indication of virtue or…

— Plutarch

“Man of an hard heart! Hear me, Proud, Stern, and Cruel! You could have saved me; you could have restored me to happiness and…

— Matthew Gregory Lewis

That which is inherent in man is his virtue.

— Mahatma Gandhi

When we live habitually with the wicked, we become necessarily either their victim or their disciple; when we associate, on the contrary, with virtuous…

— Charles Caleb Colton