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Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
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.
Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it
Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it
Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.
Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.
Many fine things can be done in a day if you don't always make that day tomorrow
Many fine things can be done in a day if you don't always make that day tomorrow
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.
Let's meet and either do or die.
Let's meet and either do or die.
Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.
Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.
Never confuse movement with action.
Never confuse movement with action.