An action made by an unwitting man, shall not define, nor justify a common thought or interpretation.

— Even Engesland

Anyone can see that intending and not acting when we can is not really intending, and loving and not doing good when we can is not really loving.

— Emanuel Swedenborg

Anything is possible if you've got enough nerve.

— J.K. Rowling

Apache watched the old poet. He knew what was looming behind the Mountain. What crushed all before it. The thing the Hermit most feared. The Mountain most feared. Conscience.... Which is why, Apache knew, it was vital to be aware of actions in the present. Because the present became the past, and the past grew. And got up, and followed you. And found you ... Who wouldn't be afraid of this?

— Louise Penny

A person doesn't feel, then act; rather, he acts, then feels. Change actions to change feelings.

— Orrin Woodward

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury

— John Mills

As chief, I will represent my people in many different ways and might never know which particular action is destined to matter more than another, thus, all my actions should be considered potentially important and worthy of my best effort.

— Jennifer Frick-Ruppert

As if he conveyed by actions what he could never say in words. Would never say in words.

— Maya Banks

As someone said, in the School of Hard Knocks they give the test first, then the lesson. That is a slow, costly and surely painful way to learn. Unfortunately, it’s the only “school” that teaches many things you need to know.

— Derric Yuh Ndim

At heart, we're all violent raging wolves, but in our actions we can be pacifists.

— Polly Horvath