Top 1200 Acts Of Courage Quotes & Sayings - Page 15

We tend to think that people are more to blame for their acts than for their omissions.

I love UFC, vigilante films, and any acts of merciless heroism.

I think people love it when anybody acts bad; it's not particular to me.

I support peaceful protests and the rule of law, and denounce all acts of violence.

From the example of the past, the man of the present acts prudently so as not to imperil the future.

Character is an invincible force, which acts by presence and without means

The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice.

There is nothing so moving - not even acts of love or hate - as the discovery that one is not alone.

We have to address individual acts of corruption. This is a necessary approach. Go after these individuals.

I don't feel that I or Canada has to prove anything through big, loud, overt acts.

We need enthusiasm, imagination and the ability to face facts, even unpleasant ones, bravely. We need to correct, by drastic means if necessary, the faults in our economic system from which we now suffer. We need the courage of the young. Yours is not the task of making your way in the world, but the task of remaking the world which you will find before you. May every one of us be granted the courage, the faith and the vision to give the best that is in us to that remaking!

A man has no more religion than he acts out in his life.

Courage is the most important thing...Wake up yourselves and others. Control your mind and have firm determination... Be firm like a rock, deep and serious like the sea. Think of the earth as a mother. Have great courage and patience - and be not afraid of water, fire or great storms - face them bravely. Face the fire and it will turn to ice. This requires control of mind and a firm determination.

Apparently there is nothing in the news that falls between inhuman acts of horror and kittens.

A person's acts are always in harmony with the dominating thoughts of his or her mind.

For unknown foods, the nose acts always as a sentinal and cries. 'Who goes there?'

It is only your self-identification with your mind that makes you happy or unhappy. Rebel against your slavery to your mind, see your bonds as self-created and break the chains of attachment and revulsion. Keep in mind your goal of freedom, until it dawns on you that you are already free, that freedom is not something in the distant future to be earned with painful efforts, but perennially one's own, to be used! Liberation is not an acquisition but a matter of courage, the courage to believe that you are free already and to act on it.

Everybody acts not only under external compulsion but also in accordance with inner necessity.

Personality is and does something...It is what lies behind specific acts and within the individual

To get anywhere, one must choose one's mistakes, I chose experimental acts.

Many have attempted unnatural acts, but Nature has always shown the way.

The work of art acts like another living person with whom we are conversing.

I will not let the patriot act, the most un-patriotic of acts, go unchallenged.

The divine love of God turns ordinary acts into extraordinary service.

Meanness is more in half-doing than in omitting acts of generosity.

When one is altering the face of the universe one cannot remember small helpful acts.

One thing I can say about the Motown acts is that we were a family. That's not a myth

Magick has many aspects, but primarily it acts as a dramatized system of “psychology

Our compassion and acts of selflessness take us to the deeper truths.

My husband acts and I have such respect for those that do it well, that I wouldn't even try to pretend I can act.

No one is more liable to make mistakes than he who acts only on reflexion.

Many comics stay in one city and develop their acts for that particular audience.

A decent and manly examination of the acts of government should not only be tolerated, but encouraged.

Let My worship be in the heart that rejoices, for behold, all acts of love and pleasure are My rituals.

We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.

Sin is more than an act or a series of acts; it is a man's make-up.

Hope looks forward. Faith knows it has already received and acts accordingly.

Professional courage is the steel fiber that makes an NCO unafraid and willing to tell it like it is. The concept of professional courage does not always mean being as tough as nails, either. It also suggests a willingness to listen to the soldiers' problems, to go to bat for them in a tough situation and it means knowing just how far they can go. It also means being willing to tell the boss when he is wrong.

The things we do without the fear of failure and the desire for success are the purest acts we'll ever do

The test before us as a people is not whether our commitments match our will and our courage; but whether we have the will and courage to match our commitments.

Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.

Even small acts of kindness can make a profound difference to somebody else.

Practice random acts of kindness, the world needs it more than you think

Sickness is the result not only of our acts, but out thoughts also.

Let your kids observe you doing random acts of kindness, it can be contagious

Caution always, but when a man acts he should act suddenly and with decision.

A leader is useless when he acts against the promptings of his own conscience.

If one acts rightly and honestly, it is difficult to decide whether it is the effect of integrity or skill.

Man acts from adequate motives relative to his interest, and not on metaphysical speculations.

Sadly, as a seasoned prosecutor, I know what dark acts people are capable of.

There is no possibility of a public demonstration [in Iran] of such defiance, but these defiant acts are certainly going on.

To gain your heart's desire you have to lose some part of your old life, your old self. To do that you have to have courage; without it, you can't make the leap. And if you don't make the leap you have only three choices: You can hate yourself for not taking the chance, you can hate the person from whom you've sacrificed your happiness, or you can hate the one who offered you happiness, and blame them for your lack of courage, convince yourself it wasn't real.

Most social acts have to be understood in their setting, and lose meaning if isolated.

I will say this: In order for the planet to survive, there are going to be acts of ecoterrorism.

Republican despotism is more fertile in acts of tyranny, because everyone has a hand in it.

I think people love it when anybody acts bad; its not particular to me.

No man in the world acts up to his own standard of right.

The laws do not take upon them to punish any other than overt acts.

I try to show ugliness, but with compassion for the people who commit ugly acts.

I believe in one, incomprehensible God, the immortality of the soul and eternal retribution for our acts.