Actions Quotes We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.     Abigail Adams All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.     Aristotle Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way...you become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.     Aristotle The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.     Confucius You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man's actions are, such must be his spirit.     Demosthenes 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.     Dorothy Day Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.     Ralph Waldo Emerson Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.     Herbert Hoover I've arrived at this outermost edge of my life by my own actions. Where I am is thoroughly unacceptable. Therefore, I must stop doing what I've been doing.     Alice Koller I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.     John Locke You ask me why I do not write something....I think one's feelings waste themselves in words, they ought all to be distilled into actions and into actions which bring results.     Florence Nightingale Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it a charm.     Jean Paul Richter Strong reasons make strong actions.     William Shakespeare Actions lie louder than words.     Carolyn Wells Previous Subject - Acting | Next Subject - Advertising