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Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. Action is no less necessary read more
Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.
Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties read more
Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.
Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at read more
Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
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.
Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of read more
Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of thought.
Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they
cannot find it.
Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they
cannot find it.
You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing read more
You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.
I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.
I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.
