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Actions of the last age are like almanacs of the last year.
Actions of the last age are like almanacs of the last year.
I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we read more
I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.
Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.
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.
When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action read more
When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
Never confuse movement with action.
Never confuse movement with action.
Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great read more
Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.