The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and influence their actions. A chip on the shoulder is too heavy a piece of baggage to carry through life. John Hannah
A lot of the stories I was brought up on had to do with extreme actions - leaving everything behind, crossing the trackless wastes, and in those stories the people who stayed behind and had their settled ways - those people were not the people who got the prize. The prize was California. Joan Didion
A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives - of approving of some and disapproving of others.Charles Darwin
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. Aristotle
All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions. Albert Einstein
Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions. Agatha Christie
He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions. Louisa May Alcott
I had moments of my actions and words not reflecting who it is I am - if that defines a punk, then yes, absolutely. Andre Agassi
I was always the type of person that whenever I started something I finished it. And, I was always held accountable for my actions. Victor Cruz
I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify. Kareem Abdul Jabbar
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. Tonynn robbins
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
Of all actions of a man's life, his marriage does least concern other people, yet of all actions of our life tis most meddled with by other people.John Selden
Olympians are the product of the Movement, and to get them to the stadiums, pools and playing fields, it takes the actions of legions of people who might not be Olympians. Bill Toomey
Our forefathers got it; they got it, man. They took godly principles and they put them into action, and they developed our Constitution - the land of freedom where each man is accountable and responsible for his actions. Luke Scott