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He is at no end of his actions blest
Whose ends will make greatest and not best.
He is at no end of his actions blest
Whose ends will make greatest and not best.
Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.
Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not read more
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
The ancestor of every action is a thought.
The ancestor of every action is a thought.
It's not what I do, but the way I do it. It's not what I say, but the way I read more
It's not what I do, but the way I do it. It's not what I say, but the way I say it.
Put his shoulder to the wheel.
Put his shoulder to the wheel.
Our grandly business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly
at a distance, but to do what lies read more
Our grandly business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly
at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.