Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our own deeds.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our own deeds.

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.

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.

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.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

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.

Action conquers fear.

Action conquers fear.

Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing.

Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing.