Act Quotes

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. (Aesop)
Good people do not need law to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. View quote
Plato
Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought. View quote
Sallust
In a well-governed country, speak boldly and act boldly. In a country where lawlessness prevails, let your actions be bold but your speech tactful. View quote
Confucius
Do every act of your life as if it were your last. View quote
Marcus Aurelius
Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay. View quote
Simone de Beauvoir
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. View quote
George Orwell
It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it. View quote
Lillian Hellman
Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night. View quote
William Blake
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. View quote
Anatole France
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. (Robert A. Heinlein)
It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly. View quote
Anatole France
The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way. View quote
Keanu Reeves
Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act. View quote
Truman Capote
Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act. View quote
André Malraux
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. View quote
Leo Buscaglia
Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth. View quote
Katherine Mansfield
Every war, when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac. View quote
George Orwell
The consequences of every act are included in the act itself. View quote
George Orwell
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. View quote
Albert Camus
To love is to act. (Victor Hugo)
Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction." ― Pablo Picasso. View quote
Pablo Picasso
A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral. View quote
Leo Tolstoy
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. View quote
Aristotle
Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit. View quote
Bill Cosby