Action Quote by Joseph Hall

“One doesn't commit evil actions in the belief that one is acting wrongly. What allows one to commit such acts is the belief that…

— Una McCormack

Give a good deed the credit of a good motive; and give an evil deed the benefit of the doubt.

— Brander Matthews

“Whoever bids other folks to do right, but gives an evil example by acting the opposite way, is like a foolish weaver who weaves…

— Paul Thigpen

In the state of nature, wrong-doing is impossible ; or, if anyone does wrong, it is to himself, not to another.

— Baruch Spinoza

To do wrong is the greatest of evils.

— Plato

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

“Right and wrong, good and bad, he regarded as qualities solely of conduct—of acts and omissions; there being no feeling which may not lead,…

— Christopher Hitchens

By giving too much importance to fine actions one may end by paying an indirect but powerful tribute to evil, because in so doing…

— Albert Camus

It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad.

— Plutarch

When an action is once done, it is right or wrong for ever; no accidental failure of its good or evil fruits can possibly…

— William Kingdon Clifford

Whoever does wrong, wrongs himself; whoever does injustice, does it to himself, making himself evil.

— Marcus Aurelius

If the intention is unclean, the deed that follows from it will also be evil, even if it seems good.

— Pope Gregory I