Aristotle
Philosopher
"We are the sum of our actions, and therefore our habits make all the difference."
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Our Actions
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Gautama Buddha
Spiritual Teacher
"Wherever we go, wherever we remain, the results of our actions follow us."
Arthur Conan Doyle
Writer, Physician
"We can't command our love, but we can our actions."
Maya Lin
Architect, Artist
"Our lives are given meaning by our actions-accomplishments made while we are "here" that extend beyond our own time."
J. K. Rowling
Novelist, Screenwriter
"The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed."
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"We are free to choose our actions, . . . but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions."
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"We should be as careful of our words as of our actions."
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"Nothing happens in a vacuum in life: every action has a series of consequences, and sometimes it takes a long time to fully understand the consequences of our actions."
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"When our actions do not, our fears make us traitors."
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"Humility must accompany all our actions, must be with us everywhere; for as soon as we glory in our good works they are of no further value to our advancement in virtue."
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"Glory ought to be the consequence, not the motive of our actions."
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"We make choices. No one else can live our lives for us. And we must confront and accept the consequences of our actions."
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"Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves."
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"The consequences of our actions take hold of us, quite indifferent to our claim that meanwhile we have 'improved."
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"If at times our actions seem to make life difficult for others, it is only because history has made life difficult for us all."
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"There is no secret of the heart which our actions do not disclose."
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"Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to life."
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"God bestows more consideration on the purity of the intention with which our actions are performed than on the actions themselves."
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"Life consists in penetrating the unknown, and fashioning our actions in accord with the new knowledge thus acquired."
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"Once we know and are aware, we are responsible for our action and our inaction. We can do something about it or ignore it. Either way, we are still responsible."
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"We feel that our actions are voluntary when they follow a decision and involuntary when they happen without decision. But if a decision itself were voluntary every decision would have to be preceded by a decision to decide - An infinite regression which fortunately does not occur. Oddly enough, if we had to decide to decide, we would not be free to decide"
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"In proportion as we endeavor to live according to the guidance of reason, shall we strive as much as possible to depend less on hope, to liberate ourselves from fear, to rule fortune, and to direct our actions by the sure counsels of reason."
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"All time is eternal, moving inexorably toward an end which we believe is a result of our actions, but over which our control is mere illusion."
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"With charity, money is purified. By service, our actions are purified. With music, our emotions are purified and with knowledge our intellect is purified."
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"Our actions, habits, character, and future are most definitely affected by our thoughts."
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