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All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.
T. E. Lawrence

Dreams, Men, May

A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.
Mahatma Gandhi

Good, Sacrifice, Perfect

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
Buddha

Good, Words, Speak

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
Thomas Jefferson

Action, Ask, Define

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.
Leo Buscaglia

Life, Power, Smile

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Aristotle

Excellence, Habit, Repeatedly

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Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
Simone de Beauvoir

Life, Change, Future

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
William James

Makes, Difference

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
Plato

Good, Bad, Find

It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
Albert Einstein

War, Nothing, Conviction

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
Buddha

Men, Fate, Unless

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
Abraham Lincoln

Past, High, Quiet

In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
George Orwell

Time, Truth, Deceit

We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force.
Ayn Rand

History, Government, Human

The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of liberty.
Abraham Lincoln

Him, Liberty, Same

These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people.
Abraham Lincoln

Concert, Generally

Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.
Princess Diana

Knowledge, Kindness, Someone

When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.
Abraham Lincoln

Him, Fighting, Hear

As our case is new, we must think and act anew.
Abraham Lincoln

Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.
Mahatma Gandhi

History, Whole, Nation

The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a choice you make - not just on your wedding day, but over and over again - and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband or wife.
Barbara de Angelis

Marriage, Wedding, Husband

In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong.
Abraham Lincoln

Great, God, May

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
Aristotle

Art, Training, Rather

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.
William James

Success, Men, Positive

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Aristotle

To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.
Winston Churchill

Single, May, Build

I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others.
Thomas Jefferson

Others, Word, Opinions

A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.
Mahatma Gandhi

God, Mind, Passion

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.
Thomas Jefferson

Watching, Whenever

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To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
Anatole France

Great, Dream, Plan

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