612 quotes found
“He wanted to say that all this talk of feelings was irrelevant. Thatemotions come and go and can't be controlled, so there's no reason to worry about them. That in the end, people should be judged ...”
“We often agree with the devil’s lies and support his opinion about us by our actions”
“Lips and tongues lie. But actions never do. No matter what words are spoken, actions betray the truth of everyone's heart.”
“People who made their dreams come true didn’t simply go after it. They changed the person they were, in order to fit the type of person that would live that type of dream.”
“Stay alert! Don’t let someone’s words blind you from their behavior... They can say all the right things, they can make you feel things you've never felt before, but don't be fooled; their actions ...”
“The actions of our closest friends say a lot about our character—what we overlook, what we contribute to and what is important to us when the world doesn’t take notice.”
“People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead.”
“Sometimes another person’s fear tells you that everything you're about to do is right.”
“Use your mind to think about things, rather than think of them. You want to be adding value as you think about projects and people, not simply reminding yourself they exist.”
“There is no good day or bad day, only good or bad actions.”
“Our minds of infinite possibilities have been plowed, seeded and cultivated by every word, institution and sacred belief we hold dear, to produce a foul harvest of exclusion, apathy, brute dominati...”
“The very "least" among us has the enormous power to effect change through small acts of determination and will.”
“One thing you have to realize from now on is that it doesn't matter if this is a dream or not. Survival depends on what you do, not what you think.”
“The Drowned Cities hadn’t always been broken. People broke it. First they called people traitors and said they didn’t belong. Said these people were good and those people were evil, and it kept goi...”
“Our actions are like ships which we may watch set out to sea, and not know when or with what cargo they will return to port.”
“At the Day of Judgement we shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done.”
“Worthy admonitions cannot fail to inspire us, but what matters is changing ourselves. Reverent advice cannot fail to encourage us, but what matters is acting on it. Encouraged without acting, inspi...”
“Lord Chi Wen thought three times before taking any action. When the Master heard this, he said: Twice is plenty enough.”
“Unkind acts are like giving a piece of one’s self away for cheap.”
“You can’t keep doing the same thing and expect a new result.”