All human actions are equivalent and all are on principle doomed to failure. Votes: 4
Jean-Paul SartreAll human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure. Votes: 4
Carl SandburgGod sees the secret springs of human action, and knows the hearts of all living. Votes: 4
Joseph Smith, Jr.No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called Games. Votes: 4
W. H. AudenThe practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions. Votes: 4
Nhat HanhThe dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good. Votes: 4
John LockeI will be guided by the Christian ethic and an awareness that human action is by nature transient. Votes: 4
Horst KoehlerHunger, love, vanity, and fear. There are four great motives of human action. Votes: 3
William Graham SumnerEvery human action, whether it has become positive or negative, must depend on motivation. Votes: 3
Dalai LamaThe cynic puts all human actions into two classes - openly bad and secretly bad. Votes: 3
Henry Ward BeecherNo honest work of man or woman "fails"; it feeds the sum of all human action. Votes: 3
Michelene WandorFear has a far greater grasp on human action than the impressive weight of historical evidence. Votes: 3
Jeremy SiegelI will be guided by the Christian ethic and an awareness that human action is by nature transient. Votes: 3
Horst KohlerThere are three essential factors in all human activity: spirit, materials, and action. Votes: 2
Chiang Kai-shekHuman beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. Votes: 2
Albert EinsteinWe're all capable of anything as human beings. Any emotion, any action. We really are. Votes: 2
Jeff DanielsHuman life is full of the play of samskaras - tendencies developed by repeated actions. Votes: 2
Vinoba BhaveAction is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame. Votes: 2
Mahatma GandhiJust as human activity is upsetting Earth's carbon cycle, our actions are altering the water cycle. Votes: 2
David SuzukiAct so that the effects of your actions are compatible with the permanence of genuine human life. Votes: 2
Hans JonasHuman happiness seems to consist in three ingredients: action, pleasure and indolence. Votes: 0
David HumeHuman action can be modified to some extent, but human nature can not be changed Votes: 0
Abraham LincolnBold clean energy action is needed to stave off a climate hostile to human life. Votes: 0
Ray MetcalfeAction movies to me are dramas with recognizable human beings that are in extraordinary situations. Votes: 0
Walter HillThe power of recognition is one of the strongest forces for stimulating human and social action. Votes: 0
Lowell MilkenEach human being was given two possibilities: action and contemplation. Both lead to the same place. Votes: 0
Paulo Coelho"To be is to do," says the existentialist. "One only becomes real (human) at the point of action." Votes: 0
Leo Buscaglia