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What's done we partly may compute,
But know not what's resisted.
What's done we partly may compute,
But know not what's resisted.
The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.
The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.
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.
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.
The best way out is always through.
The best way out is always through.
Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the read more
Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.
Man is his own star, and the soul that can
Render an honest and a perfect man,
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Man is his own star, and the soul that can
Render an honest and a perfect man,
Commands all light, all influence, all fate,
Nothing to him falls early or too late.
Our acts, our angles are, or good or ill,
Our fatal shadows that walk by us still.
It is better to wear out than to rust out.
It is better to wear out than to rust out.
The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.