Act Quotes
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this is what I know about courage: You don't have to think about courage to have it. You don't have to feel courageous to be courageous. You don't sit down and say you're going to be courageous. At the moment of action, you don't see it as a courageous act. Courage is the most hidden thing from your eye or mind until after it's done. There's some inner something that tells you what's right. You know you have to do it to survive as a human being. You have no choice.
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He who wants, but doesn't act, is a pest.
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He who considers himself a paragon of wisdom is sure to commit some superlatively stupid act.
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Let a short Act of Parliament be passed, placing all street musicians outside the protection of the law, so that any citizen may assail them with stones, sticks, knives, pistols or bombs without incurring any penalties.
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One thing is certain. I am not afraid to act as my conscience dictates, no matter what the world may think.
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I always try to act as though there is a little boy or a little girl around, and I try never to do anything that would give them a bad example.
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A law of nature is not a formula drawn up by a legislator, but a mere summary of the observed facts - a "bundle of facts." Things do not act in a particular way because there is a law, but we state the "law" because they act in that way.
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You can't change who you are but you can surely make the best of it. And if you've got a thought act on it.
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If you think confident, you act confident.
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In the act of love, as in photography, there is a form of life and a kind of slow death.
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Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
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But cheating has always been the purview of fairies, and as we are about to enter their domain, we ought to act in accordance with local customs.
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Criticism is, or ought to be, a judicious act.
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Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.
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You come out of a meeting and you've put on a mask, which involves looking people in the eye, using certain mannerisms, certain phrases. Even if you learn to do it in a very seamless sort of way, you're still putting on an act. It's a very ex-hausting act.
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Don't you find it odd," she continued, "that when you're a kid, everyone, all the world, encourages you to follow your dreams. But when you're older, somehow they act offended if you even try.
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Article 11 of the NPT states that if we are threatened, we can act in secret.
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What do I mean by sin? Answer: Any human condition or act that robs God of glory by stripping one of His children of their right to divine dignity. ... I can offer still another answer: 'Sin is any act or thought that robs myself or another human being of his or her self-esteem'.
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I hate people who act too cool for school. Just own up to it, dude.
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So act that anything you do may become universal law.
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To know is to care, to care is to act, to act is to make a difference.
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The romantic, spendthrift moral act is ultimately the practical one—the practical, expendient, cozy-dog move is the one that comes to grief.
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Comedy is in my blood. Too bad it's not in my act.
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Look like a girl, act like a lady, think like a man and work like a dog.
