Top 1200 Acts Of Service Quotes & Sayings - Page 18

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

To inflict cruelties on defenceless creatures, or condone such acts, is to abuse one of the cardinal tenets of a civilized society - reverence for life.

The late Rev. Peter Gomes at The Memorial Church at Harvard was a true mentor to me when I was in college. He instilled in me a commitment to service, saying that it's not enough to believe in service, or support those who serve - you ought to find a way yourself to serve. When I looked at different options after college, nobody inspired me more than the 18- and 19-year-olds who serve on the front lines of our nation's military. Serving with them in the Marines as we together served our country was the greatest honor of my life to date.

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.

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

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

I observed a thousand acts of courage, compassion and love [as a POW] and I will always treasure that memory above all others.

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

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.

I am convinced that military action will not prevent further acts of international terrorism against the United States.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Musical acts that feign enthusiasm for what they're doing the guitarist who jumps up and down, like it's choreographed are so transparently vacuous.

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

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.

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

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

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

When an individual does not become conscious of their inner contradictions, the world acts out the conflict and is torn in opposite halves.

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.

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.

"America's Cold War veterans deserve every honor we can bestow upon them for their hard work and dedication to keeping our nation safe,". "The Cold War Service Medal would allow military service members, veterans, and their families to receive the recognition and honor they rightfully deserve. I will continue to work with my colleagues to ensure our veterans receive the support and care they and their families need. It's the least we can do as a grateful nation."

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

There is a tricycle in man. He knows, he feels and acts. He has emotion, intellect and will. He must develop head, heart and hand.

I dare predict that the influence of the Treaty of Renunciation of War will be felt in a large proportion of all future international acts.

Look around, and you see everywhere the exertions and acts of individuals restricted, regulated, or promoted, on the principle of the common welfare.

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

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

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

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

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

The most dangerous type of atheism is not theoretical atheism, but practical atheism -that's the most dangerous type. And the world, even the church, is filled up with people who pay lip service to God and not life service. And there is always a danger that we will make it appear externally that we believe in God when internally we don't. We say with our mouths that we believe in him, but we live with our lives like he never existed. That is the ever-present danger confronting religion. That's a dangerous type of atheism.

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

I'm not in the service business.

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.

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

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

Service is no Inheritance.

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

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

I live to service you

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

Every human being is tried this way in the active service of expectancy. Now comes the fulfillment and relieves him, but soon he is again placed on reconnaissance for expectancy; then he is again relieved, but as long as there is any future for him, he has not yet finished his service. And while human life goes on this way in very diverse expectancy, expecting very different things according to different times and occasions and in different frames of mind, all life is again one nightwatch of expectancy.