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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.
Let's meet and either do or die.
Let's meet and either do or die.
The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.
The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where read more
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they
cannot find it.
Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they
cannot find it.
Like a wind scattering
dandelion spores
or maple samaras
Lind the NASA shuttle
which when it read more
Like a wind scattering
dandelion spores
or maple samaras
Lind the NASA shuttle
which when it exploded
sent people and thousands
of captive lab animals
over 6 states
the innocent little
nameless
Mad Cow* was decimated
after
drawn and quartered
and sent by porters
to 4 states' quarters.
Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.
Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.
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.