Little by little one walks far

Little by little one walks far

Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.

Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.

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.

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will read more

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.

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.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

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.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates read more

We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.