An object in motion tends to remain in motion along a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force. (nastymagazine.com)
By succeeded, I mean been debated and then actually acted upon in favour of the wording of the petition. (politics.stackexchange.com)
Indeed, there is no activity apart from the subject, and here activity is not that of acting upon something but rather the inherent activity of internal synthesis or self - creation. (religion-online.org)