Quotes About Actions

A lot of people say actions are stronger than words, and I think, in acting, this is a very accurate thing.

Good will, like a good name, is got by many actions, and lost by one.

Without private thoughts and actions, we can never truly be free.

I am at peace with all my actions.

Because of Obama's ill-advised actions, the world has lost American leadership.

I haven't done anything that I'm ashamed of.

SOCIETY PRACTISES NONE of the virtues it demands from individuals: every hour it commits crimes, but the crimes are committed in words; it paves the way for evil actions with a jest; it degrades nobility of soul by ridicule;

Consistency: How concerned is this person with consistency? Does this person care about whether stated beliefs, attitudes, and actions are consistent with one another? If so, how can one help this person deal with any inconsistencies? Stance on conflict: How much is this person bothered by the give-and-take of argument? Does this person like to match wits, or is it preferable to avoid sharp exchanges? If one has gone too far, how does one restore calm or equilibrium?

Eventually we all have to accept full and total responsibility for our actions, everything we have done, and have not done.

There is no simple explanation for anything important any of us do, and the human tragedy, or the human irony, consists in the necessity of living with the consequences of actions performed under the pressure of compulsions so obscure we do not and cannot understand them.

that there is no simple explanation for anything important any of us do, and that the human tragedy, or the human irony, consists in the necessity of living with the consequences of actions performed under the pressure of compulsions so obscure we do not and cannot understand them.

We judge others by their actions, but we judge ourselves by our intentions.

He had been thinking too of goodies and baddies. If you thought bad things – dreams of cruelty and lust – that didn't make you bad. But if your head was full of civilised thoughts and you spent all day as a torturer … It came down to the fact that you were judged by your actions in society, not by the inside of your head.

People carry on whole conversations in proverbs. But they are not LIVING the proverbs.

Dicho del Profeta Día y noche La noche es larga, no la acortes con el sueño. El día es hermoso, no lo oscurezcas mediante malas obras.

Muéstrame a una persona que realmente sabe lo que es "bueno" y te mostraré que casi nunca usa la palabra.

THE EXERCISES These are quite unlike conventional keep-fit exercises. They are habit breakers. They require mental rather than physical effort. They are designed to examine and remedy the tense and over-effortful way in which you have been making everyday actions, and to encourage your body to revert to its natural, tension-free state.

The way you cut your meat reflects the way you live.

It is precisely the sort of thing I am always trying to do in my writing – to present my unhappy reader with a wide-ranged chaos – of actions and reactions, thoughts, memories and feelings – in the vain hope that at the end he will see that the whole thing represents only one moment, one feeling, one person. A raging, trumpeting jungle of associations, and then I announce at the end of it, with a gesture of despair, 'This is I!

If all of our actions and judgements stemmed from reflected, consciously endorsed beliefs and values then not only would the world be a better place, but this book would be several pages shorter .

If I'm still conscious to face the consequences of my actions, then at the very least I will know that my actions were real, thay they indeed had consequences, though my lone life will amount to less than a single click of static in the symphony of the big bang. If my actions were real, then so were my memories, and if those were real, the things I've done have allowed me to see God and I0m not afraid of following my life down that eight-second black rabbit hole.

It's the small choices no one sees that result in the big impact everyone wants.

it was not what you did in this life that you regretted, but the opportunities you allowed to pass you by.

That's the problem with guilt, it's a two-way street; our children have to live with the things we do, and sometimes we have to live with their actions.