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What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does he should do
with all his might.
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What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does he should do
with all his might.
[Lat., Quod est, eo decet uti: et quicquid agas, agere pro
viribus.]
Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. Action is no less necessary read more
Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.
Let's meet and either do or die.
Let's meet and either do or die.
If you only do what you know you can do- you never do very much.
If you only do what you know you can do- you never do very much.
You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing read more
You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.
Act as if it were impossible to fail
Act as if it were impossible to fail
That low man seeks a little thing to do,
Sees it and does it;
This high man, read more
That low man seeks a little thing to do,
Sees it and does it;
This high man, with a great thing to pursue,
Dies ere he knows it.
That low man goes on adding one to one,
His hundreds soon hit:
His high man, aiming at a million,
Misses an unit.
Zeus hates busybodies and those who do too much.
Zeus hates busybodies and those who do too much.
Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the read more
Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.