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Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they...

Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they seem. We have to be willing to wrestle with paradox in pursuing understanding.

Quote by Harold Evans

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about secret

Concupiscence and force are the source of all our...

Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions, concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force involuntary ones.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about force, police

Somewhere along the line, the actions of this government...

Somewhere along the line, the actions of this government are the actions of me.

Quote by Sean Penn about guvernement

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in...

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

Quote by Confucius about modesty, man

I would suggest that teachers show their students...

I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about teachers

Nakedness is uncomely, as well in mind as body, and it addeth no small reverence to men's manners and actions if they be not altogether open. Therefore set it down: That a habit of secrecy is both politic and moral.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about habits, body, moral, mind, man

I had moments of my actions and words not reflecting who...

I had moments of my actions and words not reflecting who it is I am - if that defines a punk, then yes, absolutely.

Quote by Andre Agassi

He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong...

He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.

Quote by Louisa May Alcott

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes:...

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.

Quote by Aristotel about people, habits, chance, reason, nature, human imperfections

We become just by performing just action, temperate by...

We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.

Quote by Aristotel about philosophy, action

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.

Quote by Aristotel about politics, virtue, character, moral

I think you can judge from somebody's actions a kind of a stability and sense of purpose perhaps created by strong religious roots. I mean, there's a certain patience, a certain discipline, I think, that religion helps you achieve.

Quote by George W. Bush about patience, judges, purpose, religion, common sense, sense

Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about nation, people

Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this...

Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions.

Quote by Albert Camus about people, hope, man

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about deeds, good, good luck

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our own...

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our own deeds.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about deeds, good, good luck

Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions.

Quote by Agatha Christie about crime, habits, attitude, criminals, soul, mind

Whatever is done without ostentation, and without the people being witnesses of it, is, in my opinion, most praiseworthy: not that the public eye should be entirely avoided, for good actions desire to be placed in the light; but notwithstanding...

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about conscience, opinion, virtue, light, public, being, good, good luck, people

There seems to be a law that governs all our actions so I...

There seems to be a law that governs all our actions so I never make plans.

Quote by Greta Garbo about law

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