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.

The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action

The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action

If you only do what you know you can do- you never do very much.

If you only do what you know you can do- you never do very much.

Zeus hates busybodies and those who do too much.

Zeus hates busybodies and those who do too much.

For strong souls
Live like fire-hearted suns; to spend their strength
In furthest striving action.

For strong souls
Live like fire-hearted suns; to spend their strength
In furthest striving action.

It is better to wear out than to rust out.

It is better to wear out than to rust out.

Man is his own star, and the soul that can
Render an honest and a perfect man,
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Man is his own star, and the soul that can
Render an honest and a perfect man,
Commands all light, all influence, all fate,
Nothing to him falls early or too late.
Our acts, our angles are, or good or ill,
Our fatal shadows that walk by us still.

Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.

Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.