Agere Quotes & Sayings

Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination. — Daniel Defoe

Every event, or appearance, or accident, which seems to deviate from the ordinary course of nature has been rashly ascribed to the immediate action of the Deity. — Edward Gibbon

I've always been such a fan of Habitat for Humanity and the work that they do. — Lea Michele

How many discoveries are reserved for the ages to come when our memory shall be no more, for this world of ours contains matter for investigation for all generations. — Seneca The Younger

Those then, who resist a confirmation of public order, are the true Artificers of monarchy - not that this is the intention of the generality of them. Yet it would not be difficult to lay the finger upon some of their party who may justly be suspected. When a man unprincipled in private life desperate in his fortune, bold in his temper, possessed of considerable talents, having the advantage of military habits - despotic in his ordinary demeanour - known to have scoffed in private at the principles of liberty - when such a man is seen to mount the hobby horse of popularity - to join in the cry of danger to liberty - to take every opportunity of embarrassing the General Government & bringing it under suspicion - to flatter and fall in with all the non sense of the zealots of the day - It may justly be suspected that his object is to throw things into confusion that he may "ride the storm and direct the whirlwind. — Alexander Hamilton

The retinue of a grandee in China or Indostan accordingly is, by all accounts, much more numerous and splendid than that of the richest subjects of Europe. — Adam Smith

I wanted to make money very fast, and I was completely confused after college. I didn't know what career options I had. And then I had this entry point in the film industry, and I thought, 'If this is where the fast money is going to come from, let's see how it goes.' — Emraan Hashmi

Gingerly, Daniel reached toward the infant. "What if she doesn't like me?"

"She'll spit acid in your eye and you'll die a horrible death," Kara joked. — Jacqueline Diamond

Fate can be tricky and troublesome when not managed well. — Steven Redhead

Both money and health contribute to happiness mostly in the negative; the lack of them brings much more unhappiness than possessing them brings happiness.
p 169 — Gretchen Rubin

The Gods rank work above virtues. — Hesiod

We all remain who we are. But on the way to healing or liberation we have to do what the Romans called agere contra: we have to act against the grain of our natural compulsions. This requires clear decisions. Because it does not happen by itself, it is in a way "unnatural" or "supernatural" ... (we) simply have to cut loose now and then, and in the process ... make mistakes. — Richard Rohr

Even the fear of death is nothing compared to the fear of not having lived authentically and fully. — Frances Moore Lappe