Actions Quotes

The issue is whether the ultimate civil authority of the United States can tolerate actions in contempt of constitutional lines of authority. Any lessening of civil power over military power must inevitably lead away from democracy.

I've got a life, you know, take me in the totality of my actions and I'll tell you, I will stand with my record.

Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted.

But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no.

Where wise actions are the fruit of life, wise discourse is the pollination.

Self-discipline is an act of cultivation. It require you to connect today's actions to tomorrow's results. There's a season for sowing a season for reaping. Self-discipline helps you know which is which.

A mountain is composed of tiny grains of earth. The ocean is made up of tiny drops of water. Even so, life is but an endless series of little details, actions, speeches, and thoughts. And the consequences whether good or bad of even the least of them are far-reaching.

Forgiveness isn't about condoning what has happened to you or someone else's actions against you.

I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.

Iran stands behind a substantial number of terrorist actions against us, together with Hizballah and the Islamic Jihad. It pretends to care for the Palestinians.

An apology for the actions of some troops who, of course, are not representative of the majority of the armed forces here, I think that would have been useful and it would have helped to some extent.

Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions.

I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.

We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see all the motives upon which they were done.

Here's the teaching point, if you're teaching kids about intelligence and policy: Intelligence does not absolve policymakers of responsibility to ask tough questions, and it doesn't absolve them of having curiosity about the consequences of their actions.

The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes to conceal something sooner or later has reason to conceal it.

The terrorist attacks of September 11th and the courageous actions of our armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq remind us that friends of tyranny and enemies of freedom still exist.

He who busies himself with things other than improvement of his own self becomes perplexed in darkness and entangled in ruin. His evil spirits immerse him deep in vices and make his bad actions seem handsome.

You can expect interior enforcement actions in the future.

Not always actions show the man; we find who does a kindness is not therefore kind.

I pattern my actions and life after what I want. No two people are alike. You might admire attributes in others, but use these only as a guide in improving yourself in your own unique way. I don't go for carbon copies. Individualism is sacred!

Every human must take responsibility for his actions.

It's fun to play a character who lives on the edge, who is an ethical and moral mess, and is paying the price for some of his actions.

We inherit nothing truly, but what our actions make us worthy of.

This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.

Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.

Bin Laden is remarkably eager for Americans to know why he doesn't like us, what he intends to do about it and then following up and doing something about it in terms of military actions.

It is our duty to watch over the actions and activities of this government and to insist that, in words as well as in deeds, the interests of our constituency primarily and of the Nation ultimately are served.

But I think the only thing that annoys me about that is if I suddenly find someone on commercial radio or something like that, mimicking my voice or actions and trying to promote a product and pretending it's me doing it.

Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force involuntary ones.