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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
Nothing happens until something moves.
Nothing happens until something moves.
I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.
I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.
Put his shoulder to the wheel.
Put his shoulder to the wheel.
What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does he should do
with all his might.
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What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does he should do
with all his might.
[Lat., Quod est, eo decet uti: et quicquid agas, agere pro
viribus.]
The ancestor of every action is a thought.
The ancestor of every action is a thought.
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.
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.
Never confuse movement with action.
Never confuse movement with action.