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Quotes about Actions

You know well enough that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, but at the love with which we do them.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
Those graceful acts, those thousand decencies, that daily flow from all her words and actions, mixed with love and sweet compliance, which declare unfeigned union of mind, or in us both one soul.
— John Milton
I do my own way of witnessing. Not by verbally intimidating people but just by my actions.
— Ayesha Curry
All our actions—eating, drinking, sleeping, working—are thus potentially Christ's actions. But this potential must be actualized. Instead of a mindless drifting through the insignificant, apparently superficial and nonreligious events of the day, our passive union with Christ can be made active by creative acts of the will, intelligence and imagination.
— Brennan Manning
Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.
— Stephen Covey
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
Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.
— Phillips Brooks
Our life is made up of time, and time is a gift from God, so it is important that it be used in good and fruitful actions.
— Pope Francis
Perhaps there cannot be a better way of judging of what manner of spirit we are of, than to see whether the actions of our life are such as we may safely commend them to God in our prayers.
— William Law
Here is the rule: the way you live reveals what you really think about God.
— Edward Welch