“Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you act.”

“I act this way because that's the way I feel like acting. If people like it, fine. If they don't, that's their problem.”

Edie Sedgwick (1943–1971) Socialite, actress, model

“The more you see yourself as what you'd like to become, and act as if
what you want is already there, the more you'll activate those dormant
forces that will collaborate to transform your dream into your reality.”

Wayne W. Dyer (1940–2015) American writer

“The way you think determines the way you feel, and the way you feel determines the way you act.”

Rick Warren (1954) Christian religious leader

“Virtues are dispositions not only to act in particular ways, but also to feel in particular ways. To act virtuously is not, as Kant was later to think, to act against inclination; it is to act from inclination formed by the cultivation of the virtues.”

Alasdair MacIntyre book After Virtue

“The only acting you ever see at the Oscars is when people act like they're not mad they lost. Nicole Kidman was smiling so wide, she should have won an Emmy at the Oscars for her great performance. I was like, "If you'd done that in the movie, you'd have won an Oscar, girl."”

Chris Rock (1965) American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer, and director

“Don't just act because you can; act because it's the right thing to do. If you keep that in mind, you'll be all right.”

Brandon Sanderson (1975) American fantasy writer

“The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.”

Keanu Reeves (1964) Canadian actor, director, producer and musician

“Thy way of thinking is indeed pleasing to the Creator, but not thy way of acting”

Judah Halevi book Kuzari

“There is no wrong way to perform an act of kindness.”

Catherine Ryan Hyde (1955) American writer