"Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it."

Act, Being, Selfishness, Value

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"I will act as if what I do makes a difference."

William James, American Philosopher

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"When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?"

Eleanor Roosevelt, American First Lady

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"There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord."

Thomas Paine, English Writer

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"The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable."

Horace, Roman Poet

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"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, French Novelist

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"Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

Act, Heaven

"So the bodhisattva saves all beings, not by preaching sermons to them, but by showing them that they are delivered, they are liberated, by the act of not being able to stop changing."

Alan Watts, English Philosopher

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"It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything. I am not able to begin. I simply skip what should be the beginning."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

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"Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act."

Lord Chesterfield, British Statesman

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"We must act swiftly in order to halt the rate of decay our planet faces."

Henry W. Kendall, American Scientist

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"I will act as if what I do makes a difference."

"When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?"

"There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord."

"The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable."

"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."

"Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven."

"So the bodhisattva saves all beings, not by preaching sermons to them, but by showing them that they are delivered, they are liberated, by the act of not being able to stop changing."

"It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything. I am not able to begin. I simply skip what should be the beginning."

"Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act."

"We must act swiftly in order to halt the rate of decay our planet faces."

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"Growing old is not growing up."

"Smile, it's better than a poke in the eye."

"Good ideas are a dime a dozen, bad ones are free."

"If the destination is heaven, why do we scramble to be first in line for hell?"

"Remember only the good, the bad will never forget you."

"Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention."

"Life is good when we think it's good. Life is bad when we don't think."

"If wishes were fishes we'd all be throwing nets. If wishes were horses we'd all ride."

"Death is feared as birth is forgotten."

"Love is seeing without eyes, hearing without ears; hatred is nothing."