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Motivational Action Quotes (page 2)

Claud-Adrian Helvetius quote: "Every man without passions has within him no principle of..."
Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act. Claud-Adrian Helvetius
Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people's, if we are always criticizing trivial actions - which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives. Saint Teresa
Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue; it is built upon shame, a passion in our nature, and may be either good or bad according to the actions performed from that motive. Bernard de Mandeville
With my academic achievement in high school I was accepted rather readily at Princeton and equally as fast at Yale, but my test scores were not comparable to that of my classmates. And that's been shown by statistics, there are reasons for that - there are cultural biases built into testing, and that was one of the motivations for the concept of affirmative action to try to balance out those effects. Sonia Sotomayor
Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil. Sivananda
Sidney Sheldon quote: "I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional..."
I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions. Sidney Sheldon
Jean de la Bruyere quote: "It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men."
It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men. Jean de la Bruyere
My actions to promote peace, the mediation missions which I carried out during many conflicts, which very often occurred between brothers of the same country, are not driven by any ulterior motives or any calculations based on personal ambitions. Omar Bongo
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world..."
We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world..."
We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see all the motives upon which they were done. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
If I don't feel confident about my body, I'm not going to sit at home and feel sorry for myself and not do something about it. It's all about taking action and not being lazy. So you do the work, whether it's fitness or whatever. It's about getting up, motivating yourself and just doing it. Kim Kardashian
Today, our actions must be motivated only by our intense desire to achieve a just and lasting peace. The compassion and charity of the American people should be reflected in this legislation, though sadly, they are silenced. Nick Rahall
Sarojini Naidu quote: "We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in..."
We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action. Sarojini Naidu
The atmosphere is much too near for dreams. It forces us to action. It is close to us. We are in it and of it. It rouses us both to study and to do. We must know its moods and also its motive forces. Cleveland Abbe

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