We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.
Albert Einstein

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

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
Confucius

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
Dalai Lama

Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.
Benjamin Franklin

We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.
Ronald Reagan

We're going to be able to ask our computers to monitor things for us, and when certain conditions happen, are triggered, the computers will take certain actions and inform us after the fact.
Steve Jobs

In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
Tony Robbins

Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
George Washington

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

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
Aristotle

The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and to influence their actions.
John Hancock

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
Theodore Roosevelt

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.
Aristotle

We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.
Aristotle

When the federal government spends more each year than it collects in tax revenues, it has three choices: It can raise taxes, print money, or borrow money. While these actions may benefit politicians, all three options are bad for average Americans.
Ron Paul