The inward area is the first place of loss of true Christian life, of true spirituality, and the outward sinful act is the result.
Francis Schaeffer

Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will.
Tony Blair

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.
Simone Weil

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.
Corrie Ten Boom

I knew at an early age I wanted to act. Acting was always easy for me. I don't believe in predestination, but I do believe that once you get where ever it is you are going, that is where you were going to be.
Morgan Freeman

War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.
Karl Von Clausewitz

It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.
Karl Von Clausewitz

No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time.
Henry A. Kissinger

The fact that the Lord can work and act even with insufficient means consoles me, and above all I entrust myself to your prayers.
Pope Benedict XVI

The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone.
Laura Bush

The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.
Ezra Pound

In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not the coronation of an infinite series of causes and the source of an infinite series of effects.
Jorge Luis Borges

I think celebrities have an obligation to the public to not just sing or act.
Clay Aiken

We've just learned how to balance ourselves a little better so that we're happier way more of the time than not, and, you know, being happy is a radical and desirable act if you ask me.
Anthony Kiedis

Each heartfelt prayer, each Church meeting attended, each worthy friend, each righteous decision, each act of service perfomed all precede that goal of eternal life.
Thomas S. Monson

Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one.
Salman Rushdie

It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every moment.
Honore De Balzac

Every creative act is a sudden cessation of stupidity.
Edwin Land

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.
Samuel Johnson

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.
Samuel Johnson