Top 1200 Acts Of Courage Quotes & Sayings - Page 19

Some acts of faith, I believe, have the power to grant us something infinitely wiser than we imagine

The knowledge that she would never be loved in return acted upon her ideas as a tide acts upon cliffs.

With every adversity comes a blessing because a shock acts as a reminder to oneself that we must not get stale in routine.

Acts of injustice done Between the setting and the rising sun In history lie like bones, each one.

After independence was gained, one of the first Acts passed by the Greek government was for the protection and preservation of national monuments.

If I ever form a clan, we'll be the anti-cheerleaders and walk under the bleacher forming mild acts of mayhem.

We should remember that just as a positive outlook on life can promote good health, so can everyday acts of kindness.

Don't wait until you die to learn the warrior's way. Do it now, each night, just before you drift off to sleep. As you review your day, consider these two questions of courage and love. Learn from each day, so that each day you can show a little more courage and a little more love. Then, as incidents occur, you may rise to the occasion and look back at the end of your life and feel good about the way you lived.

All the good, fine, noble, and creative acts of humanity were conceived as a spark in a single human consciousness.

I have the utmost respect and 'aloha' for black people - who have already suffered so much due to racial discrimination and acts of hatred.

Luke associates John with Peter in Acts, when, after the Resurrection, that strange boldness had come upon the disciples.

Man acts only when he is sure of the justness of his action, as we threw the bomb in the Legislative Assembly

I was taught to see racism only in individual acts of meanness, not in invisible systems conferring dominance on my group

What else is love but understanding and rejoicing in the fact that another person lives acts and experiences otherwise than we do?

Internal improvement and the diffusion of knowledge, so far as they can be promoted by the constitutional acts of the Federal Government, are of high importance.

Oppression works in such a way that it holds every person responsible for the acts of any wrongdoer of the oppressed group.

I think it's always good not to listen to what the rules are supposed to be about the arc of the character and the third acts and all this stuff.

Terrorism is about magnifying one mediagenic act of violence into one hundred billion acts of terrorized authoritarian idiocy.

The fact is, society is made more hospitable by every individual who acts as if 'do unto others' really was a rule.

In terms of morals there is no such thing as ‘state.’ Just men. Individuals. Each responsible for his own acts.

I have the utmost respect and aloha for black people who have already suffered so much due to racial discrimination and acts of hatred.

Within each of us is a hidden store of energy. Energy we can release to compete in the marathon of life. Within each of us is a hidden store of courage. Courage to give us the strength to face any challenge. Within each of us is a hidden store of determination. Determination to keep us in the race when all seems lost

Growing up, the only acts that came to us in Alaska were the big ones. The Mariah Careys.

Yet the order of the acts is planned And the end of the way inescapable. I am alone; all drowns in the Pharisees' hypocrisy.

In other words, the barbaric acts carried out in this building were probably almost a matter of routine.

I think Americans, more so than any other culture, love second and third acts.

Perfume acts as an anesthetic. By the time she floats a little your way, you'll promise her anything.

People thought becoming an adult meant that all your acts had consequences; in fact it was just the opposite.

His daily prayer, far better understood in acts than in words, was simply doing good.

When we see a soul whose acts are all regal, graceful, and pleasant as roses, we must thank God that such things can be and are.

The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.

[Every age], however destitute of science or virtue, sufficiently abounds with acts of blood and military renown.

Everything that happens inside the cage is very quick and the fighter acts more by reflex than by reasoning.

Because something or someone looks or acts differently from us does not necessarily mean that it is ugly or bad.

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

But I see history as a book with many pages--and each day we fill a page with acts of hopefulness and meaning.

Adolf Hitler was a vile, heinous, vicious killer responsible for one of the greatest acts of evil committed on this planet.

When you're in the desert you witness acts of power. When you're in the world of the tonal, drop all that nonsense, become logical and orderly and have fun with that.

The true believer, no matter how rowdy and violent his acts, is basically an obedient and submissive person.

I believe that leadership acts should be manifested by engaging in external work that can be observed and shared with everyone else.

Thou art blind to the danger of marrying a woman who feels and acts out the principle of equal rights.

The Art of Success . . . Success is ninety-nine percent mental attitude. It calls for love, joy, optimism, confidence, serenity, poise, faith, courage, cheerfulness, imagination, initiative, tolerance, honesty, humility, patience, and enthusiasm. . . . Success is having the courage to meet failure without being defeated. It is refusing to let present loss interfere with your long-range goal. . . . Success is relative and individual and personal. It is your answer to the problem of making your minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years add up to a great life.

The center of human nature is rooted in ten thousand ordinary acts of kindness that define our days.

The golf swing is among the most stressful and unnatural acts in sports, short of cheering for the Yankees.

Offensive acts come back upon the evil doer, like dust that is thrown against the wind.

The grandeur of the acts of men are measured by the inspiration from which they spring. Happy is he who bears a God within.

The main events of '205 Live' are always among the discussion as far as top acts of the week in the world.

There are certainly people who have committed horrific, evil acts in the history of humanity. I don't think Aaron Burr's one of them.

The one who will be found in trial capable of great acts of love is ever the one who is always doing considerate small ones.

Acts of violence-- Whether on a large or a small scale, the bitter paradox: the meaningfulness of death--and the meaninglessness of killing.

This is the problem today. Men and women have switched places. The woman now acts more like the man.

It's one of those magical acts that is so poly-sensorial and culturally enriching that as a designer one is naturally drawn to the cult of the object

Psychology is the science of the act of experiencing, and deals with the whole system of such acts as they make up mental life.

When I was a child, going to a circus with wild animal acts was a rite of passage. These days, it's an act of complicit cruelty.

Gender is an identity tenuously constituted in time, instituted in an exterior space through a stylized repetition of acts.

Acts of virtue ripen into habits; and the goodly and permanent result is the formation or establishment of a virtuous character.

From a moral point of view, there is no excuse for terrorist acts, regardless of the motive or the situation under which they are carried out.

What do we lose without wild animal acts at the circus? Absolutely nothing, except the opportunity to be haunted and heartbroken.

Man must saturate his daily life in truthful speech, virtuous acts and holy thoughts.

All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.