Surely we have always acted; it is an instinct inherent in all of us. Some of us are better at it than others, but we all do it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Circumstances cause us to act the way we do. We should always bear this in mind before judging the actions of others. I realized this from the start during World War II.
I always knew I would act. It was just a matter of time.
Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.
Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.
It is an endless and frivolous Pursuit to act by any other Rule than the Care of satisfying our own Minds in what we do.
Since the generality of persons act from impulse, much more than from principle, men are neither so good nor so bad as we are apt to think them.
A lot of people didn't realize that I acted before I did anything else.
I'm always aware that there are, broadly speaking, two different ways to act: there is acting, and then there's being, and I'm always more interested in that.
We aren't, as human beings, very good at acting in our best interest.
One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses.