Act Quotes

Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates into rules, it ceases to be a religion, as it kills responsibility which is an essence of the true religious act.

Remorse. Never yield to remorse, but at once tell yourself: remorse would simply mean adding to the first act of stupidity a second.

Act, and God will act.

The act of deporting people who in many cases have left their own land for reasons of extreme poverty, insecurity, exploitation, persecution or serious deterioration of the environment, damages the dignity of many men and women, and of entire families, and places them in a state of particular vulnerability and defenselessness.

The left-wing gender insanity being pushed on our children is an act of child abuse-very simple.

The great courageous act that we must all do is to have the courage to step out of our history and past so that we can live our dreams.

It would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being Who rules over the universe, Who presides in the councils of nations, and Whose providential aids can supply every human defect.

The duty of holding a neutral conduct may be inferred, without any thing more, from the obligation which justice and humanity impose on every nation, in cases in which it is free to act, to maintain inviolate the relations of peace and amity towards other nations.

Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness. Few, who are not philosophical spectators, can realize the difficult and delicate part, which a man in my situation had to act.

The spirit desires to remain with its body, because, without the organic instruments of that body, it can neither act, nor feel anything.

A cowardly act! What do I care about that? You may be sure that I should never fear to commit one if it were to my advantage.

The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.

It seems to me that the dedication of a library is in itself an act of faith.

The day I am afraid to act, that is the day I am no longer fit to lead.

If I preached unity, I must act like a unifier, even at the risk of perhaps alienating some of my own colleagues.

It never hurts to think too highly of a person; often they become ennobled and act better because of it.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a constant attitude.

[President Roosevelt] devised the extraordinary measure of assistance called Lend- Lease, which will stand forth as the most unselfish and unsordid financial act of any country in all history.

The veils of the future are lifted one by one, and mortals must act from day to day.

I play for high stakes and given an audience - there is no act too daring or too noble.