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A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
by George Washington (President, American , born in 1732) keywords: acquaintance, actions, attachment, convince, criterion, every, friends, man, must, slender, true, words , world It is our duty to watch over the actions and activities of this government and to insist that, in words as well as in deeds, the interests of our constituency primarily and of the Nation ultimately are served.
by Diane Watson (Politician, American , born in 1933) keywords: actions, activities, constituency, deeds, duty, government, insist, interests, nation, our, over, primarily, served, ultimately, watch, well , words In other words, what is supposedly found is an invention whose inventor is unaware of his act of invention, who considers it as something that exists independently of him; the invention then becomes the basis of his world view and actions.
by Paul Watzlawick (Psychologist, Austrian , born in 1921) keywords: act, actions, basis, becomes, considers, exists, found, him, his, independently, invention, inventor, other, something, supposedly, then, unaware, view, whose, words , world Man is most happy, when his own actions are arguments and examples of his virtue.
by John Webster (Playwright, English , born in 1578) keywords: actions, arguments, examples, happy, his, man, most, own , virtue In the Federal Government, electronic records are as indispensable as their paper counterparts for documenting citizens' rights, the actions for which officials are accountable, and the nation's history.
by Allen Weinstein (Public Servant, American , born in 1937) keywords: accountable, actions, citizens, counterparts, documenting, electronic, federal, government, history, indispensable, nation, officials, paper, records, rights, their , which Aggression is the most common behavior used by many organizations, a nearly invisible medium that influences all decisions and actions.
by Margaret J. Wheatley (Writer , American) keywords: actions, aggression, behavior, common, decisions, influences, invisible, many, medium, most, nearly, organizations , used Thinking is the place where intelligent actions begin. We pause long enough to look more carefully at a situation, to see more of its character, to think about why it's happening, to notice how it's affecting us and others.
by Margaret J. Wheatley (Writer , American) keywords: actions, affecting, begin, carefully, character, enough, happening, how, intelligent, long, look, more, notice, others, pause, place, see, situation, think, thinking, us, where , why The great and important duty which is incumbent on Christians, is to guard against all appearance of evil; to watch against the first risings in the heart to evil; and to have a guard upon our actions, that they may not be sinful, or so much as seem to be so.
by George Whitefield (Clergyman, American , born in 1714) keywords: actions, against, appearance, christians, duty, evil, first, great, guard, heart, important, incumbent, may, much, our, seem, sinful, upon, watch , which I think it's very important that you make your own decision about what you are. Therefore you're responsible for your actions, so you don't blame other people.
by Prince William (Royalty, British , born in 1982) keywords: actions, blame, decision, important, make, other, own, responsible, therefore, think, very , your I have long felt that it is readers and viewers of conservative media who could benefit from a more balanced discussion of what is at stake in our policy and the actions of our government.
by Joe Wilson (Politician, American , born in 1947) keywords: actions, balanced, benefit, conservative, could, discussion, felt, government, long, media, more, our, policy, readers, stake , viewers Our religious belief usurps the place of our sensations, our imaginations of our judgment. We no longer look to actions, trace their consequences, and then deduce the rule; we first make the rule, and then, right or wrong, force the action to square with it.
by Francis Wright (Activist, Scottish , born in 1795) keywords: action, actions, belief, consequences, deduce, first, force, imaginations, judgment, longer, look, make, our, place, religious, right, rule, sensations, square, their, then, trace , wrong Now, there are a very large number of bodily movements, having their source in our nervous system, that do not possess the character of conscious actions.
by Wilhelm Wundt (Psychologist, German , born in 1832) keywords: actions, bodily, character, conscious, having, large, movements, nervous, now, number, our, possess, source, system, their , very Americans have been taught that their nation is civilized and humane. But, too often, U.S. actions have been uncivilized and inhumane.
by Howard Zinn (Historian, American , born in 1922) keywords: actions, americans, been, civilized, humane, inhumane, nation, often, taught, their, too , uncivilized
