Civil law judges over action first, intention second; but spiritual law always reverses the two.

— Sallie Chesham

However brilliant an action may be, it ought not to pass for great when it is not the result of a great design.

— François de La Rochefoucauld

The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who do nothing and succeed.

— Lloyd Jones

If a man has a right to be proud of anything, it is of a good action done as it ought to be, without any base interest l…

— Laurence Sterne

Things may be seen differently, and differently shown; but actions are visible, though motives are secret.

— Unknown

You must be the change you want to see in the world.

— Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi