Acts Quotes

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.

I don't meditate before I play or compose, but I see playing and composing as meditative acts.

I hate the industry even more now, no bands get nurtured anymore. Labels only spend money promoting acts they know will be Top Ten. I find it offensive spending $2 million on a video.

Those who committed these cowardly acts may believe that they have shaken our resolve to defeat terrorism. They could not be more wrong.

So government acts as a safeguard of our property.

We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbour them.

A majority of Americans oppose partial-birth abortion, and Judge Hamilton's decision flies in the face of Congress passing and President Bush signing legislation banning such horrible acts of violence.

The United States stands with our friends in Britain as they recover from today's shock of terrorism. These barbaric acts strengthen our resolve and remind us all of the danger of complacency during our continued war on terror.

Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.

Every man is responsible only for his own acts. The sons do not inherit the sins of the fathers. But can we say: that was long ago, they were different?

Yes, what has happened is we have moved from responding to these terrorist attacks as acts of civil disobedience to getting to the point after September 11 that we said, no, this is not just civil disobedience, this is an act of war.

In like manner, if I let myself believe anything on insufficient evidence, there may be no great harm done by the mere belief; it may be true after all, or I may never have occasion to exhibit it in outward acts.

Teacher unions are an interest group that acts in defense of their own interests, which means the union bosses' interests, not the members.

Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.

I saw my city gripped by fear. Because of violent acts committed by illegal aliens, my residents were afraid to shop - or even drive - on certain streets.

A government operates and acts differently than a company. So all we want to do is get some transparency here and then determine if the deal should go forward.

True stories, autobiographical stories, like some novels, begin long ago, before the acts in the account, before the birth of some of the people in the tale.

The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war.

Well, I had an after hours club in Vancouver and when any of the Motown acts would call.

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

Whatever an artist's personal feelings are, as soon as an artist fills a certain area on the canvas or circumscribes it, he becomes historical. He acts from or upon other artists.

Perhaps the mistake I made at the start of my mandate is not understanding the symbolic dimension of the president's role and not being solemn enough in my acts. A mistake for which I would like to apologise or explain myself and which I will not make again. Now, I know the job.

Every individual acts and suffers in accordance with his peculiar teleology, which has all the inevitability of fate, so long as he does not understand it.

Familiar acts are beautiful through love.

Christ does not save us by acting a parable of divine love; he acts the parable of divine love by saving us. That is the Christian faith.

There used to be a lot of acts, which was good, because people don't want to see the same act every night. But, you don't want too many acts, you don't want to over-saturate it.

In arriving at a decision in a question of doubt, the apostles in the Acts were guided solely by their sense of the Spirit behind the action, not by any speculations as to consequences which might ensue. And so they found the truth.

My background was art school, documentary director and surfer with a keen interest in thrilling acts of life threatening stupidity.

He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.