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A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.
In the martial arts, introspection begets wisdom. Always see contemplation on your actions as an opportunity to improve.
What is trust, sidhe-seer, but expectation that another will behave in a certain fashion, consistent with prior actions?
That was the action figure I was playing with. I grew up having this fantasy of being a superhero, being Princess Power.
I have always tried to be clear that my states are stages of justice reasoning, not of emotions, aspirations, or action.
A constitution should be framed so as not to impede the action of government, nor force the government to its violation.
By a commodity we shall understand any object, substance, action or service, which can afford pleasure or ward off pain.
It is essential that the foreign forces who have invaded and occupy large parts of the Congo halt their offensive action
You can say you love someone - but unless you demonstrate that love through your actions, your words become meaningless.
Simply by performing good actions and thinking good thoughts you will not attain enlightenment. It takes something more.
Every action begins with a thought, and if you don't watch what you're thinking, your thoughts will get the best of you.
Where the realm of freedom of thought and action begin, the determination of individuals according to generic laws ends.
A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.
You can't make yourself feel positive, but you can choose how to act, and if you choose right, it builds your confidence
When you're dealing with shooting a lot of live action in 3D, you're committed to how much 3D you're giving the audience.
I've always thought the best relationships are those that are as happy and content in silence as they are in action [...]
We have to abandon the conceit that isolated personal actions are going to solve this crisis. Our policies have to shift.
I can be the girl next door, be the sexy girl, be an action girl. As an actor, this is something that people need to see.
Discipleship never consists in this or that specific action: it is always a decision, either for or against Jesus Christ.
A vertical line is dignity. The horizontal line is peaceful. The obtuse angle is action. That's universal, it is primary.
I believe that if something is troubling you, simply start from where you are and take the action necessary to change it.
We learn a lot, but the actions we don't put behind those things that we learn and we continue to make the same mistakes.
It's by your own actions you're able to get more in a mess or out of one. It's your own actions that relieve or bind you.
I can't say it strongly enough; to integrate meditation in action is the whole ground and point and purpose of meditation
Human beings and their actions constitute the advancing front, the surging crest of an ongoing movement that never stops.
There is nothing I have to do, nowhere I have to go, and no way I have to be except exactly the way I am being right now.
Modern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.
Far more has been accomplished for the welfare and progress of mankind by preventing bad actions than by doing good ones.
Unless there be correct thought, there cannot be any action, and when there is correct thought, right action will follow.
Blaming society makes it awfully easy for a person of weak character to shrug off his own responsibility for his actions.
I have always been a great fan of Peter Chan and many other great directors who specialize in anything outside of action.
There are few who have at once thought and capacity for action. Thought expands, but lames; action animates, but narrows.
Patience is a purifying process that refines understanding, deepens happiness, focuses action, and offers hope for peace.
When thou receivest praise, take it indifferently, and return it to God, the giver of the gift, or blesser of the action.
Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.
A sense of proportion and humanitarian action are not issues for terrorists. Their aim is that of killing and destroying.
I hear people who are worried about climate change tell me, oh, Congress that's gridlock, that's not where the action is.
The essential thing is the formation of the political will of the nation: that is the starting point for political action.
Now from a distance, I look back on what the Corps taught me: to think like men of action, and to act like men of thought!
All men are equal in nature, and also in original sin. It is in the merits and demerits of their actions that they differ.
I was always trying, even in pure action movies, to find what was sensitive about the character more than the pure action.
What I learned is that policymakers have to force consideration of actions that may not have occurred to them at the time.
Our life is made up of time, and time is a gift from God, so it is important that it be used in good and fruitful actions.
Principles are what allow you to live a life consistent with those values. Principles connect your values to your actions.
A man must find his occasions in himself, it is true. The natural day is very calm, and will hardly reprove his indolence.
The specific political distinction to which political actions and motives can be reduced is that between friend and enemy.
I don't know how one would define an affirmative-action hire. I ultimately do not know what role race played in my hiring.
A dream becomes a reality as a result of your actions, and your actions are controlled, to a large extent, by your habits.
The necessity of war, which among human actions is the most lawless, hath some kind of affinity with the necessity of law.
Middle-class societies don't emerge automatically as an economy matures, they have to be CREATED through political action.