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Acting Right Quotes

Excellence is an Art. Won by Training and Habit. We do not act rightly. Because we have Virtue and Excellence, But rather, we have Virtue and Excellence. Because we act rightly. Aristotle
Excellence" is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice. We do not act "rightly" because we are "excellent", in fact we achieve "excellence" by acting "rightly". Plato
The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body. Mahatma Gandhi
One will seem to promote virtue better by using encouragement and persuasion of speech than law and necessity. For it is likely that he who is held back from wrongdoing by law will err in secret but that he who is urged to what he should by persuasion will do nothing wrong either in secret or openly. Therefore he who acts rightly from understanding and knowledge proves to be at the same time courageous and right-minded. Democritus
Aeschylus quote: "ATHENA: You wish to be called righteous rather than act right...."
ATHENA: You wish to be called righteous rather than act right. [...] I say, wrong must not win by technicalities. Aeschylus
Writing is too goddamned hard for me to think about a soul in teh world ... I don't think about a soul, but just try to get those goddamned characters to act right. Ernest Gaines
Pope John Paul II quote: "Learning to think rigorously, so as to act rightly and to..."
Learning to think rigorously, so as to act rightly and to serve humanity better. Pope John Paul II
Journalist: Congressman Kucinich, I believe you're the only one here who voted against the PATRIOT act right away after 9/11. Why is that? His Reply: Because I read it. Dennis Kucinich
It is unfair to suppose that one party has invariably acted rightly, and that the other is responsible for every wrong that has been committed. Nelson A. Miles
She didn't break his heart, but I feel like a man is supposed to be a man, he ain't supposed to be all involved in that. That's why she got sisters and friend for. Just show up with the ring and act right. Mike Epps
Ben Savage quote: "For me personally, I'm mostly focused on writing and acting..."
For me personally, I'm mostly focused on writing and acting right now. Ben Savage
Julia Barr quote: "Don't know about a cabaret act right now, would actually..."
Don't know about a cabaret act right now, would actually prefer a role in a broadway musical. Julia Barr
Gwen Ifill quote: "I'm a preacher's kid, and we were always told, Act right all..."
I'm a preacher's kid, and we were always told, Act right all the time, because someone's always watching. Gwen Ifill
Acts have consequences, Dixon, they must. These Louts believe all's right now,-- that they are free to get on with Lives that to them are no doubt important,-- with no Glimmer at all of the Debt they have taken on. That is what I smell'd,-- Lethe-Water. One of the things the newly-born forget, is how terrible its Taste, and Smell. In Time, these People are able to forget ev'rything. Be willing but to wait a little, and ye may gull them again and again, however ye wish,-- even unto their... Thomas Pynchon
Ray Bradbury quote: "Acting without knowing takes you right off the cliff."
Acting without knowing takes you right off the cliff. Ray Bradbury

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