A Quotes
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“Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity.”
“Act well your given part; the choice rests not with you.”
“Act well your part, there all the honour lies.”
Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: In Three Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, Together with All His Notes as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death
“Act with a determination not to be turned aside by thoughts of the past and fears of the future.”
“Act with a generous heart, seek no reward, and serenity will find you.”
Source: The Light in the Heart
“Act with conscience and all will be well for humanity. And even when it's not well, we'll have each other to share our burdens. In the end, isn't it all that matters, that we are not alone in the vastness of the universe, that we have each other to hold, each day, every day, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death make us dust!”
Source: Lives to Serve Before I Sleep
“Act with courage and dignity; stick to the ideals that give meaning to life.”
“Act with God's compassion, mercy and forgiveness in mind and you will always be right. Act with revenge in your heart and you will always be wrong.”
“Act with honor, and Honor will aid you”
Source: The Way of Kings
“Act with integrity. Live up to your idea of who you are.”
“Act with kindness but do not expect gratitude.”
“Act with Peace in your heart, Love as a guide and Nature as a trustworthy friend.”
“Act with purpose, courage, confidence, competence and intelligence until these qualities 'lock in' to your subconscious mind.”
“Act with the greatest determination and on the offensive. The defensive is the death of every armed rising.”
“Act with the heart of the warrior.”
Source: Modern Bushido: Living a Life of Excellence
“Act with though awareness and love in the present moment then you will never need to worry about the thought of regret.”
“Act without doing; work without effort. Think of the small as large and the few as many. Confront the difficult while it is still easy; accomplish the great task by a series of small acts. The Master never reaches for the great; thus she achieves greatness. When she runs into a difficulty, she stops and gives herself to it. She doesn't cling to her own comfort; thus problems are no problem for her.”
“Act without expectation.”
“Act without striving. Work without interfering. Find the flavour in what is flavourless.”
“Act your age don't pretend to be older than you are give yourself time to grow”
“Act your age, not your shoe size.”
“Act your age. Students do not look upon you as a buddy, pal, or peer. They expect you to be a mature adult....Many young teachers have a tendency to seek popularity, resorting to tactics that can create endless problems.”
“Act your heart. There's nothing else.”
Source: Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke
“Act your part with honor.”
“Act your wage.”
“Act your way into relevancy. Don’t ask your way into relevancy.”
“Act! the wise are known by their actions; fame and immortality are ever their attendants. Mark with deeds the vanishing traces of swiftrolling time. Let us make happy the circle around us,--be useful as much as we may. For that fills up with soft rapture, that dissolves the dark clouds of the day!”
“Act', implores the Ghost of Future Regret. 'I shan't give you another chance'. [and so Jacob does] 'Damned fool,' groans the Demon of Present Regret. 'What have you done?”
“Act, and God will act.”
Source: Jeanne D'Arc, Maid of Orleans, Deliverer of France: Being the Story of Her Life, Her Achievements, and Her Death, as Attested on Oath and Set Forth in Original Documents
“Acted drama requires surrender of one's self, sympathetic absorption in the play as it develops.”
“Acted is far better than intended.”
“Acting a part is not always synonymous with lying; it is far often the best way of serving the truth. It is more truthful to act what we should feel if the community is to be well served rather than behave as we actually do feel in our selfish private feelings.”
“Acting activates every cell, never, neuron, and everything that happened to your DNA a million years ago as well as everything that will happen a million years from now. If we didn’t believe that, we wouldn’t be interested in acting. If acting didn’t include something more than we could ever comprehend, we don’t think we would want to pursue it. Acting is so incredible that it gives an audience the potential to experience anything that will ever happen in the history of the world. That is why we call acting the human condition. It takes an incredible amount of intensity and passion to truly be an actor.”
Source: Acting for Love & Money
“Acting advice is a bit like your parents teaching you how to drive a car. You know they're right, but you still kind of want them to shut up a bit.”
“Acting after being asked is compliance. Acting without being asked is kindness.”
“Acting allows me the freedom to let go, to be in the moment, to be spontaneous. I no longer have the fear of losing, of failure.”
“Acting allows me to explore new worlds, to discover characters by delving into their lives, and ultimately to become someone else entirely.”
“Acting allows me to tell a lot of stories, you know start at the beginning, finish at the end, and tell everything in between. Modelling is just an image.”
“Acting alone in a world that's alive in political stirring is to condemn oneself to isolation and probably protracted warfare of the kind that can be dissipating.”
“Acting alone, minorities can never achieve the majorities necessary for political change.”
“Acting and emotionally expressing myself, seeing the world and being a mom are just all very exciting to me. I'm a real curious person.”
“Acting and making art is just something I love to do, and I love to tell stories that feel important, honest and necessary. It's not about me. It's about being part of something.”
“Acting and modeling have nothing to do with each other.”
“Acting and singing are actually very similar because they're both telling a story.”
“Acting and singing on 'One Tree Hill' was definitely one of the most incredible experiences of my life. I didn't even know I could act until I auditioned at the casting call for the part of Mia.”
“Acting and theatrics are my forte.”
“Acting and writing go together. Actors write because they love words and becoming other people - we love to escape into other characters.”
“Acting as a career is a long term thing and that work is kind of progressive and you can build on a career. It's part of the great tradition of the theater to me.”
“Acting as a profession came to me by chance: in 1946, after the war, I was having lunch with my cousin, who was the Italian ambassador, and he asked, 'What are you going to do now you're out of uniform?' I said, 'I'm pretty inventive, and I can imitate people,' and he said, 'Have you thought about being an actor?'”
“Acting as if you were what you want to become and know you can become is the way to remove self-doubt and enter your real-magic kingdom.”