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He is at no end of his actions blest
Whose ends will make greatest and not best.
He is at no end of his actions blest
Whose ends will make greatest and not best.
Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.
Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.
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.]
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.
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.
It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
Zeus hates busybodies and those who do too much.
Zeus hates busybodies and those who do too much.
Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
