#right

Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure and the absence of pain. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#actions #happiness #intended #pain #pleasure

NATO believes it can pick on a small nation and force us to surrender our independence. And that is where NATO miscalculated. You are not willing to sacrifice lives to achieve our surrender. But we are willing to die to defend our rights as an independent sovereign nation. ↗

— Slobodan Milosevic

#believes #defend #die #force #independence

He that has light within his own clear breast May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself his own dungeon. ↗

— John Milton

#bright #centre #clear #dark #day

Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right. ↗

— John Milton

#just #more #nothing #profits #right

The tragedy of bold, forthright, industrious people is that they act so continuously without much thinking, that it becomes dry and empty. ↗

— Brenda Ueland

#becomes #bold #continuously #dry #empty

But God really did bless me, you know? He really said, All right. Come on. I'm still waiting for you. Get over here. Get over here. ↗

— Liza Minnelli

#come #did #get #god #here

Kylie and I were both taking piano lessons at the time and didn't think of acting. A friend rang mum up and said, 'How about bringing Kylie and Danielle in because they might be right for the part?' ↗

— Dannii Minogue

#acting #because #both #bringing #friend

I think Lenat is headed in the right direction, but someone needs to include a knowledge base about learning. ↗

— Marvin Minsky

#base #direction #headed #i #i think

My favourite movie right now is probably 'Hitch,' a Will Smith thing. ↗

— Chris Moneymaker

#hitch #movie #now #probably #right

Priests, she insisted, could not sin. It was a thing impossible. Everything that they did, and wished, was of course right. She hoped I would see the reasonableness and duty of the oaths I was to take, and be faithful to them. ↗

— Maria Monk

#course #did #duty #everything #faithful