#actions

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. ↗

— Confucius

#exceeds #his #man #modest #speech

My mother is quiet. The way he acts, she thinks it must mean he doesn't love her as much as she loves him ↗

— Carole Glickfeld

#love #quiet #love

Good Lord, what madness rules in brainsick men When for so slight and frivolous a cause Such factious emulations shall arise! ↗

— William Shakespeare

#men

We know only too well that what we are doing is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. But if the drop were not there, the ocean would be missing something. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#drop #good-works #ocean #work

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

The chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy. A daredevil jump off this ledge will end your life. It has happened before and it will happen again. You’ve been warned. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#bravery #chasm #death #fall #fine-line

The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet. ↗

— Andy Warhol

#between #exciting #meet #most #never

Normally, when I skydive, even in winter, I wear very thin gloves. I want to be flexible, with fast reactions. ↗

— Felix Baumgartner

#fast #flexible #gloves #i #normally

Absolutely lonely people have few personal interactions of any kind. ↗

— Martha Beck

#any #few #interactions #kind #lonely

But I think the only thing that annoys me about that is if I suddenly find someone on commercial radio or something like that, mimicking my voice or actions and trying to promote a product and pretending it's me doing it. ↗

— Richie Benaud

#actions #annoys #commercial #doing #find