Negative Actions Quotes

• Your negative actions will always speak over top of your kind words and only fools listen where the wise watch.

  Tara Brown

  Wise, Negative, Watches

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• We should reflect on the idea that since the beginning of time sentient beings have been mentally unstable because they have been slaves of delusion, they lack the eye of wisdom to see the path leading to nirvana and enlightenment, and they lack the necessary guidance of a spiritual teacher. Moment by moment they are indulging in negative actions, which will eventually bring about their downfall.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Teacher

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• One can be deceived by three types of laziness: of indolence, which is the wish to procrastinate; the laziness of inferiority, which is doubting your capabilities; and the laziness that is attachment to negative actions, or putting great effort into non-virtue.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Self Esteem, Attachment

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.47, Penguin Books India

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• To expect happiness without giving up negative action is like holding your hand in a fire and hoping not to be burned. Of course, no one actually wants to suffer, to be sick, to be cold or hungry - but as long as we continue to indulge in wrong doing we will never put an end to suffering. Likewise, we will never achieve happiness, except through positive deeds, words, and thoughts. Positive action is something we have to cultivate ourselves; it can be neither bought nor stolen, and no one ever stumbles on it just by chance.

  Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

  Giving Up, Hands, Indulge In

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• As negative thoughts produce negative actions, so positive thoughts produce positive actions.

  John C. Maxwell

  Stay Positive, Negative, Positive Thoughts

  John C. Maxwell (1996). “The Winning Attitude: Your Pathway to Personal Success”, Thomas Nelson Publishers

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• Do not overlook tiny good actions, thinking they are of no benefit; even tiny drops of water in the end will fill a huge vessel. Do not overlook negative actions merely because they are small; however small a spark may be, it can burn down a haystack as big as a mountain.

  Gautama Buddha

  Thinking, Water, Mountain

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• The super-salesman neither permits his subconscious mind to "broadcast" negative thoughts nor give expression to them through words, for the reason that he understands that "like attracts like" and negative suggestions attract negative action and negative decisions from prospective buyers.

  Napoleon Hill

  Expression, Giving, Decision

  Napoleon Hill (2009). “How To Sell Your Way Through Life”, p.51, John Wiley and Sons

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• A well ordered society would be one where the State only had a negative action, comparable to that of a rudder: a light pressure at the right moment to counteract the first suggestion of any loss of equilibrium.

  Simone Weil

  Loss, Light, Suggestions

  Simone Weil (2002). “Gravity and Grace”, p.172, Psychology Press

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• Negative thoughts were treated by Cherokee healers with the same medicines as wounds, headaches, or physical illness. It was believed that unchecked negative thoughts can permeate the being and manifest themselves in negative actions.

  Wilma Mankiller

  Medicine, Negativity, Negative

  Wilma Mankiller, Gloria Steinem (2016). “Every Day Is a Good Day: Reflections by Contemporary Indigenous Women”, p.47, Fulcrum Publishing

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