Events Quote by Ovid

The measure of action is the sentiment from which it proceeds. The greatest action may easily be one of the most private circumstance.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

To me, a good event is governed by the audience.

— Jodi Picoult

It takes a special conviction to decide to go against the crowd and to know what is right and to act upon it.

— Sarah Drew

“The motive will determine the quality of the act.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

In each case you settle on an act. Doing nothing at all counts as an act.

— Ian Hacking

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

— Samuel Smiles

In life, the first act is always exciting but it is the second act - that's where the depth comes in.

— Joyce Van Patten

It is important to act as if bearing witness matters.

— Maxine Kumin

The consequences of every act are included in the act itself.

— George Orwell

To act is to anchor in an imminent future, so imminent it becomes almost tangible; to act is to feel you are consubstantial with…

— Emile M. Cioran

To act, in its most general sense, means to take an initiative, to begin... to set something into motion.

— Hannah Arendt

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

— Plutarch