Action Quote by Joseph Addison Download Open image “An evil intention perverts the best actions, and makes them sins.” — Joseph Addison ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Action Evil Intention Sin
The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
It is a governing principle of nature, that the agency which can produce most good, when perverted from its proper aim, is most productive… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Evil: That which one believes of others. It is a sin to believe evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“The aim of the sinless One consists in acting without causing sorrow to others, although he could attain to great power by ignoring their… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Evil working in subtler fashion; marriages that proved to be no more then legalized slavery, and the careful manipulation of a bright and sensitive… — Mercedes Lackey Copy Share Image
To do an evil action is base; to do a good action without incurring danger is common enough; but it is the part of… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
The greatest penalty of evil-doing is to grow into the likeness of a bad man. — Plato Copy Share Image
The sinner sins against himself; the wrongdoer wrongs himself, becoming the worse by his own action. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The greatest penalty of evil-doing is to grow into the likeness of bad men, and, growing like them, to fly from the conversation of… — Plato Copy Share Image
“The root of all evil: that the slavish morality of meekness, chastity, selflessness, absolute obedience, has triumphed — ruling natures were thus condemned (1)… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Half the misery of human life might be extinguished if men would alleviate the general curse they lie under by mutual offices of compassion,… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Every wife ought to answer for her man. If the husband be engaged in a seditious club, or drinks mysterious healths, or be frugal… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
There is nothing touches our imagination so much as a beautiful woman in a plain dress. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Female Virtues are of a Domestick turn. The Family is the proper Province for Private Women to Shine in. If they must be showing… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
As addictions go, reading is among the cleanest, easiest to feed, happiest. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
There is no society or conversation to be kept up in the world without good-nature, or something which must bear its appearance and supply… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
When love once pleads admission to our hearts, In spite of all the virtue we can boast, The woman that deliberates is lost. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Many actions calculated to procure fame are not conducive to ultimate happiness. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
T is liberty crowns Britannia's Isle, And makes her barren rocks and her bleak mountains smile. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
The moral perfections of the Deity, the more attentively, we consider, the more perfectly still shall we know them. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
I always say there are two things to be successful. The first is decide exactly what you want - set your goals - and… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
Gratitude isn't just a feeling, it's an action. Expressing gratitude by writing in a journal, taking a photo, or shooting a video creates a… — Janice Kaplan Copy Share Image
Nothing is so powerful as an insight into human nature... what compulsions drive a man, what instincts dominate his action. If you know these… — William Bernbach Copy Share Image
Every thought I have imprisioned in expression I must free by my deeds — Kahlil Gibran Copy Share Image
It took me 20 years to buy an electric typewriter, because I was afraid it would be too sensitive. I like to bang the… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
As you begin changing your thinking, start immediately to change your behaviour. Begin to act the part of the person you would like to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's easy to say, let's go in and get the bad guys. But you have a divided country of Sunnis and Shias. The United… — Tulsi Gabbard Copy Share Image
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Action is a powerful thing. When you smile through your sadness, it can completely change your outlook. Try it! Smile :) Now hold onto… — Leticia Rae Copy Share Image
