Act Quotes

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

There must be what Mr. Gladstone many years ago called a blessed act of oblivion. We must all turn our backs upon the horrors of the past. We must look to the future. We cannot afford to drag forward across the years that are to come the hatreds and revenges which have sprung from the injuries of the past.

You don't have to go out and party every night. You can act because it's your dream.

People who think too much before they act don't act too much.

People are used to music that justifies street culture but something that's not touched on is why these kids act the way they act, live the way they live.

I only wanted to sing. Never to act. But somehow, thanks to peculiar circumstances, I was persuaded to act in the movies. I hated every moment of it and tried virtually every trick to get out of it.

I'll continue to try and balance like a circus act. And I will just fight to always tell the truth. Even if it's difficult.