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 lurking at the bottom of it.
True pride in a good action requires it be done rightly with no selfish motivation at its root.
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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
Things may be seen differently, and differently shown; but actions are visible, though motives are secret.
— Unknown
Do not mind much what a man does, but what view he has in the action.
— Augustine of Hippo
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
— Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
