Carolyn Heilbrun (Carolyn Gold Heilbrun) Quotes

We cannot guess the outcome of our actions... Which is why our actions must always be acceptable in themselves, and not as strategies.

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• Actions yield result by the ordinance of God as He wills.

  

  Ramana Maharshi
  • God
  • Result
  • Actions

• Each is responsible for his own actions.

  

  H. L. Hunt
  • Own
  • Actions
  • Responsible

• Many U.S. organizations believe that I am being barred from the country not because of my actions but because of my ideas. The conclusion seems inescapable.

  

  Tariq Ramadan
  • Ideas
  • Actions
  • Conclusion

• I have some security that could protect me against provocations but of course there are more terrible actions that could not be stopped by any security.

  Garry Kasparov
  • Me
  • Security
  • Terrible

• The gods behold all righteous actions.

  

  Ovid
  • Gods
  • Actions
  • Righteous

• The environment shapes people's actions.

  

  B. F. Skinner
  • People
  • Environment
  • Actions

• Guys are natural problem solvers - they like to have strategies.

  

  Chadwick Boseman
  • Problem
  • Guys
  • Solve

• I think people have to be more aware of what the repercussions are of their actions.

  

  Joe Perry Aerosmith
  • Actions
  • Aware
  • Repercussion

• We just have to be careful of our actions as world citizens.

  

  Mike D The Beastie Boys
  • Actions
  • Citizens
  • Be Careful

• Study the assumptions behind your actions. Then study the assumptions behind your assumptions.

  

  Idries Shah
  • Study
  • Actions
  • Behind

• A theory that denies that thoughts can regulate actions does not lend itself readily to the explanation of complex human behavior.

  

  Albert Bandura
  • Thoughts
  • Human
  • Behavior

• Our actions make the fragrance of our lives...Would you smell of plums? Or Vinegar?

  

  Kirby Larson
  • Lives
  • Actions
  • Fragrance

• Your intention rules your life and determines the outcome.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • Life
  • Rules
  • Outcome

• So far, the actual actions taken have been relatively modest, but there is some hope, I think, that, going forward, these actions will advance further and we will see more progress in the current account.

  

  Ben Bernanke
  • Hope
  • Taken
  • Progress

• I think we validate our lives through our actions.

  

  Marge Piercy
  • Actions
  • Validate

• Tiny actions can fundamentally alter your relationship to the world for the better.

  

  Mark Williams
  • World
  • Relationship
  • Actions

• ...Many of us are perpetual reactors. We let other people determine our actions and attitudes. We let other people determine whether we will be rude or gracious, depressed or elated, critical or loyal, passive or dedicated.

  

  Marvin J. Ashton
  • People
  • Actions
  • Rude

• The will of God is always a bigger thing than we bargain for, but we must believe that whatever it involves, it is good, acceptable and perfect.

  

  Jim Elliot
  • Believe
  • Perfect
  • Bigger

• To keep your actions and your plans secret always has been a very good thing . .. Marcus Crassus said to one who asked him when he was going to move the army: 'Do you believe that you will be the only one not to hear the trumpet?

  

  Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
  • Secret
  • Actions
  • Plans

• I don’t give advice. I can’t tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this is what we know about this problem at this time. And here are the consequences of these actions.

  

  Joyce Brothers
  • Problem
  • Actions
  • Consequences

• There are daily martyrdoms occurring of more or less self-abnegation, and of which the world knows nothing.

  

  Edwin Hubbell Chapin
  • Martyrdom
  • Self-abnegation

• This is an extremely ambitious book. In addition to science and mathematics, Byers brings to bear insights from literature, philosophy, religion, history, anthropology, medicine, and psychology. The Blind Spot breaks new ground, and represents a major step forward in the philosophy of science. The book is also a page-turner, which is rare for this topic.

  

  Joseph Auslander
  • Book
  • Literature
  • Philosophy

• We cannot guess the outcome of our actions... Which is why our actions must always be acceptable in themselves, and not as strategies.

  

  Carolyn Heilbrun
  • Actions
  • Outcome
  • Acceptable