Action Quote by John Ruskin

There is no act, however virtuous, for which ingenuity may not find some bad motive.

— Thomas Jefferson

However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

— Stephen Mitchell

It's not our intention to be mean. That's just within us.

— Simon Cowell

Whatever is done lovingly, with righteous purity and with peace of mind, is a good action. Everything which is done with the stain of…

— Ramana Maharshi

You think the end justifies the means, however vile. I tell you: the end is the means by which you achieve it. Today's step…

— Wilhelm Reich

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

Actions that sometimes seem mean aren’t. Rather they are done by the ones we love in order to protect us without our knowing it.…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

There is no act, however trivial, but has its train of consequences.

— Samuel Smiles

No action is in itself good or bad, but only such according to convention.

— W. Somerset Maugham

The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

Intention without action is an insult to those who expect the best from you.

— Andy Andrews