Quotes with actions

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  • Carolyn Wells Actions lie louder than words.
    Carolyn Wells
    American writer and poet (1862 - 1942)
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  • Brendan Gleeson Actors will always tell you it's more fun playing bad guys. A lot of the time, it's criminals who are the people who don't care. There's something extraordinarily seductive about the guy who doesn't care, and to play that guy is terribly empowering, because you don't have to worry about the consequences of your actions.
    Brendan Gleeson
    Irish actor and film director (1955 - )
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  • Bruce Jackson All governments in all wars have used all the means at their disposal to put their own motives, decisions and actions, and the actions of their military forces, in the best possible light.
    Bruce Jackson
    American folklorist, documentary filmmaker and writer (1936 - )
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  • Jean-Paul Sartre All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.
    Jean-Paul Sartre
    French writer, philosopher and Nobel laureate in literature (1964) (1905 - 1980)
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  • John Stuart Mill All that makes existence valuable to any one depends on the enforcement of restraints upon the actions of other people.
    John Stuart Mill
    English economist (1806 - 1873)
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  • James Freeman Clarke All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
    James Freeman Clarke
    American theologian and author (1810 - 1888)
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  • Albert Einstein All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Aldous Huxley Almost all of us long for peace and freedom; but very few of us have much enthusiasm for the thoughts, feelings, and actions that make for peace and freedom.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Lord Chesterfield An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Adnan Pachachi An apology for the actions of some troops who, of course, are not representative of the majority of the armed forces here, I think that would have been useful and it would have helped to some extent.
    Adnan Pachachi
    Iraqi and Emirati politician (1923 - 2019)
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  • Marquis de Sade Are not laws dangerous which inhibit the passions? Compare the centuries of anarchy with those of the strongest legalism in any country you like and you will see that it is only when the laws are silent that the greatest actions appear.
    Marquis de Sade
    French aristocrat, writer, politician and philosopher (1740 - 1814)
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  • Bernard Mandeville Because Impudence is a Vice, it does not follow that Modesty is a Virtue; it is built upon Shame, a Passion in our Nature, and may be either Good or Bad according to the Actions perform'd from that Motive.
    The Fable of the Bees Remark C, p. 65
    Bernard Mandeville
    British writer and artist (1670 - 1733)
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  • Henry David Thoreau Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • André Malraux Between eighteen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with money, but with actions. Most men buy nothing.
    André Malraux
    French writer and politician (ps. by A. Berger) (1901 - 1976)
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  • Barack Obama But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Jackie Mason By these things examine thyself. By whose rules am I acting; in whose name; in whose strength; in whose glory? What faith, humility, self-denial, and love of God and to man have there been in all my actions?
    Jackie Mason
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1928 - 2021)
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  • Garry Kasparov Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.
    Garry Kasparov
    Russian chess grandmaster (1963 - )
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  • Ban Ki-moon Climate change has happened because of human behaviour, therefore it’s only natural it should be us, human beings, to address this issue. It may not be too late if we take decisive actions today.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many transgressions, but it lends even to vices a less ignoble form.
    Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt
    German statesman (1767 - 1835)
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  • Blaise Pascal Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force involuntary ones.
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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