Quotes About Act

Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.

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What it was was an irresponsible act by an asshole with a gun. And it wasn't the fault of the gun; someone has to be behind the trigger.

I love Canada. It's a wonderful political act of faith that exists atop a breathtakingly beautiful land.

Patience often surrenders to time, and dreams go unfulfilled - act as if time is fleeting, as it is.

The Metropolitan Health Act was the first of its kind in the United States. Many consider it a turning point in the history of American city life.

I wrapped up the remaining half burrito and tossed it into the trash can. Molly watched this act of wastefulness with an expression like she had just seen her entire family die in a fire.

I'm not crazy," I said, crazily, to my court-appointed therapist. He seemed bored with our session. That actually made me want to act crazy, to impress him. Maybe that was his tactic. I thought, maybe I should tell him I'm the only person on Earth who has seen his entire skeleton. Or, I could make something up instead.

You're either born a runner, or not. Simple as that. And it isn't the act of running that constitutes this demarcation, but the desire. Running isn't necessary

Dreams are like drama, they unfold the story on the stage.

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Disobedience to rigid laws is a revolutionary act.

A simple act of kindness is happiness gained.

Compassion is ethical intelligence: it is the capacity to make connections and the consequent urge to act to relieve the suffering of others.

Jealousy is a normal human emotion. When people act on that emotion, they then become a hater.

Every act of kindness is potent and lingers long in the heart of the recipient.

I like to think that it isn't weakness or evasion, but a final act of kindness, a stand against oblivion and despair.

There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.

My part is not a heroic one, but I shall play my part.

Every response, whether it be an act directed towards the outside world or an act internalized as thought, takes the form of an adaptation or, better, of a re-adaptation.

Those whose job it is to teach too often seem to see nothing in the act of faith but an act of the intellect; but as a matter of fact the will also has a large part in it. They forget that belief is a supernatural gift, and that there is a deep gulf between merely seeing the motives of credibility and making a definite act of faith.

Writing should be a joyous act, not drudgery, and frankly so should the teaching of it.

Worship is not an experience. Worship is an act, and this takes discipline. We are to worship ''in spirit and in truth.'' Never mind about the feelings. We are to worship in spite of them.

YOU HAD TO SEIZE THE MOMENT, ACT ON A GOOD IMPULSE BEFORE EVERYTHING JUST DISAPPEARED.