Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary.

Actions, not words, are the ultimate results of leadership.

Forgiveness isn't about condoning what has happened to you or someone else's actions against you.

I think the actions of the president are, in my opinion, the most vile and hateful words ever spoken by a sitting president. I am stunned and I'm horrified.

There is an urgent need for Americans to look deeply into themselves and their actions, and musical poetry is perhaps the most effective mirror available. Every newspaper headline is a potential song.

Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.

I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.

Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.

I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.

Generally, my writing is influenced by living, by absorbing everything that happens to me and my actions.

If you don't want to be there, it shows in the energy that you put out and in your actions.

Physiology is the science which treats of the properties of organic bodies, animal and vegetable, of the phenomena they present, and of the laws which govern their actions. Inorganic substances are the objects of other sciences, - physics and chemistry.

Because you basically won a close re-election, your first task is to unify the city. And it's done not with words but with actions, by reaching out, to the supporters of your opponent as well as to reassure your own supporters.

I love being irreverent. But I hate being irrelevant. I love being irreverent because at the end of the day your actions belie your intentions.

All moral laws are merely statements that certain kinds of actions will have good effects.