#actions

I respect very much the role of the media in our society; I think they can be very, very helpful. They serve as a very useful check, sort of a watchdog over the actions of the government, and I respect that. ↗

— Alberto Gonzales

#check #government #helpful #i #i think

You need to know it's your actions that will make you a good person, not desire. ↗

— Matthew Quick

#desire #good #action

I have learned this: it is not what one does that is wrong, but what one becomes as a consequence of it. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#action

Watch your thoughts for they become words. Watch your words for they become actions. Watch your actions for they become habits. Watch your habits for they become your character. And watch your character for it becomes your destiny. What we think, we become. My father always said that... and I think I am fine. ↗

— Margaret Thatcher

#character #destiny #habits #thoughts #words

I try to avoid having thoughts. They lead to other thoughts, and—if you're not careful—those lead to actions. Actions make you tired. I have this on rather good authority from someone who once read it in a book. ↗

— Brandon Sanderson

#exhaustion #lightsong #work #work-ethic #ethics

There are only 3 things that can make your dreams come true: your thoughts, your words, and your actions. ↗

— Mike Dooley

#gumption #thoughts #words #dreams

I used to hold grudges until I realized that most people are narcissistic and their actions are driven by an unhealthy self-interest and not maliciousness towards me. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#grudge #hold-a-grudge #life #narcissistic #experience

By now he had learned enough to know that when he was getting annoyed at somebody else, it was usually because there was something that he himself should be doing, and he wasn't doing it. ↗

— Lev Grossman

#annoyance #irritation #responsibility #self-awareness #self-awareness

Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people. ↗

— Joe Biden

#alone #american #american people #attitudes #cannot

Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#agreement #beautiful #coming #foundation #good