The Social License is fundamentally about accountability to people and not just powerful interests. John Morrison’s book reminds all organizations – governments, business and civil society – to focus on the legitimacy of their own actions.
Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions.
Anger is the mother of a whole brood of evil actions. Divorce too often is the bitter fruit of anger.
The Bhagavad-Gita has a profound influence on the spirit of mankind by its devotion to God which is manifested by actions.
I mean that you always know what results will come from one or another of your actions; but in a strange way you want to do one thing and get the result that could only come from another
At some point the rhetoric runs out, and we have to ask ourselves, 'Are we simply going to standby while somebody's rhetoric is good, but their actions are so lousy?' Are we going to stand up for that?
Do not write a check with your tongue that your actions cannot cash.
Leadership is the ability of a single individual through his or her actions to motivate others to higher levels of achievement.
To praise great actions with sincerity may be said to be taking part in them.
Much of human progress has been in defiance of religion or of the apparent natural order. The defiance of religious and secular authority has led to democracy, human rights, and the protection of the environment. Humanists make no apologies for this. Humanists twist no biblical doctrine to justify such actions.
You only have control over three things in your life-the thoughts you think, the images you visualise, & the actions you take.
Our internal life and external actions are steered by biological coctails to which we have neither immediate access nor direct acquaintance.
At any age it does us no harm to look over our past shortcomings and plan to improve our characters and actions in the coming year.
Waste no words on a man who dislikes you. Actions will impress him more.
The better you think , the better decisions you make. the better decisions you make , the better actions you take. the better actions you take , the better results you get
Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people's, if we are always criticizing trivial actions - which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives.
I have seen soldiers panic at the first sight of battle, and a squire pulling arrows from his body to fight and save his dying horse. Nobility is not a birthright, but is defined by one's actions.
The attainment of the present status of Thailand has to depend on the ability or the actions of all the inhabitants of the country.
Never fear your enemies, fear your actions.
Be an earth angel, and look for love behind the actions of everyone you meet today. Whenever you look for love, you will always find it.