A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of read more

A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of action.. You must act as you breathe.

The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with
new.

The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with
new.

I love the attention but I don't like too much of it.

I love the attention but I don't like too much of it.

It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.

It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.

Zeus hates busybodies and those who do too much.

Zeus hates busybodies and those who do too much.

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.

What's done we partly may compute,
But know not what's resisted.

What's done we partly may compute,
But know not what's resisted.

When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action read more

When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.

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.