Top 1200 Acts Of Service Quotes & Sayings - Page 16

Veteran performers are dying off, and new acts simply aren't emerging on the national scene.

As the representatives of the people we are here to declare that our resolve has not been weakened by these horrific and cowardly acts.

Consider before acting, to avoid foolishness: It is the worthless man who speaks and acts thoughtlessly.

Those who do unlawful acts are no more sinners in the eyes of God than we who think them.

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions; never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination.

The maintenance of secrets acts like a psychic poison which alienates the possessor from the community.

Whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force.

Our office acts like a kind of educational establishment and we are very careful who we educate.

... it is more than petty treason to the Republic, to call a free citizen a servant. The whole class of young women, whose bread depends upon their labour, are taught to believe that the most abject poverty is preferable to domestic service. Hundreds of half-naked girls work in the paper-mills, or in any other manufactory, for less than half the wages they would receive in service; but they think their equality is compromised by the latter, and nothing but the wish to obtain some particular article of finery will ever induce them to submit to it.

Our vow of chastity is nothing but our undivided love for Christ in chastity, then we proceed to the freedom of poverty-poverty is nothing but freedom. And that total surrender is obedience. If I belong to God, if I belong to Christ, then he must be able to use me. That is obedience. Then we give wholehearted service to the poor. That is service. They complete each other. That is our life.

We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.

Men whose acts are at variance with their words command no respect, and what they say has but little weight.

Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.

Leading from a place of hate only fuels hateful and violent acts across our country.

In the name of noble purposes men have committed unspeakable acts of cruelty against one another.

I think now it's the money who tells the artist what to do - it's not the artist who tells the money what to do. And things move very fast, which is hard, because sometimes you need more time to be creative. I guess no one has a loud mouth like I did. They don't dare to scream loudly what they think. But you can't take fashion too seriously. The whole thing is about giving the woman who wears your clothes some power, some fun, some service. It's great to make it as art. But first, it's a service for someone.

We need to find ways to transform the more than 60 million service jobs, which make up 45 percent of U.S. employment, in the same way - rewarding workers financially, encouraging and empowering creative participation, creating professional communities, and so on. We can look to any number of new companies - from Zappos, to Starbucks, to American Apparel - for examples of how this idea might play itself out. We need to do more to make service jobs into higher-paying family-supporting jobs of the future.

Let nothing dupe you! Such is the horrible maxim that acts as a solvent upon every noble feeling man experiences.

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

Life forms a surface that acts as if it could not be otherwise, but under its skin things are pounding and pulsing.

Language is very important. If you are condoning acts of terror... you are giving credibility to a view that is perverse and is wrong.

My son assisted a few directors and my daughter does stand up acts with me.

Individual acts have made Europe a civilized place and are key to its development. We must not forget it.

That's the penalty we have to pay for our acts of foolishness - someone else always suffers for them.

The merit of persons is to be no rule of our charity, but we are to do acts of kindness to those that least deserve it.

What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions on which he habitually acts.

But giving back isn't just a celebrity thing; the smallest acts can make a big difference.

It can be disheartening to see acts that don't necessarily have any input on their own material to do so well in the charts.

But he whose inborn worth his acts commend, Of gentle soul, to human race a friend.

Ladies seem very intrigued by a guy who is ultra confident and acts like he doesn't need you.

Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of renown is the greatest incentive to honourable acts.

One of the most powerful aspects of service - being different. What is WOW? WOW! is great service! WOW! separates the EXTRAordinary from the ordinary. WOW! Separates the strong from the weak. WOW! separates the sincere from the insincere. WOW! separates the pro's from the con's. WOW! separates the yes's from the no's. WOW! is the full measure of your personal power, and the way you use it. WOW! is doing what others can't (or won't). WOW! is what you do for others in an exceptional way. WOW! is the ticket to success. Your ticket. Are you WOW?

I feel like acts of violence against women are detestable, and they need to be dealt with, and they are important.

The man who acts humble in order to win praise is guilty of the lowest form of pride.

Let's empower men and help them take a stand to stop acts of violence against women.

The most important causes of political arrangements and acts are found in the nature and behavior of man.

True creativity is characterized by a succession of acts each dependent on the one before and suggesting the one after.

Before a marquee tournament like World Cup, a good IPL acts as a confidence booster.

One must commit acts of the highest treason only when dressed in the most resplendent finery.

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

Innocence alone dares commit certain acts of audacity. Virtue, when tutored, is as calculating as vice.

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

Probably your first agent is going to be some guy who also handles dog acts.

Only a firm government that acts tough on fraudsters can send the right signals to the country.

Joy acts like a trampoline, everything that touches it bouncing right back off it.

I think Hollywood acts like followers of culture and is constantly seeking to follow trends.

“When ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.” Focusing on serving our brothers and sisters can guide us to make divine decisions in our daily lives and prepares us to value and love what the Lord loves. In so doing, we witness by our very lives that we are His disciples. When we are engaged in His work, we feel His Spirit with us. We grow in testimony, faith, trust, and love.

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

It's curious how, when you're in love, you yearn to go about doing acts of kindness to everybody.

I actually have heard of acts who only do their new album, and don't do their hits. I've never been in that mind set.

Everyone feels lost and low. It's how a person acts that makes them different.

The most subtle of our acts is to simulate blindness for snares that we know are set for us.

The public has no interest in whether the President acts boldly or timidly in his personal affairs.

If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.

In the midst of prosperity, the challenge for believers is to handle wealth in such a way that it acts as a blessing, not a curse.

For once you must try not to shirk the facts: mankind is kept alive by bestial acts.

Everyday you have to fight so that love for humanity can be transformed into concrete deeds, into acts that set an example, that mobilize.

Human rebellion ends in metaphysical revolution. It progresses from appearances to acts, from the dandy to the revolutionary.

This suntan lotion acts as an accelerator and an extender, meaning that this fire will burn brighter and longer.