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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.
Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.
I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.
I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.
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.
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.
Any one can count the seeds in an apple..
Only God can count the apples in a seed.
Any one can count the seeds in an apple..
Only God can count the apples in a seed.
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.
Think like a man of action and act like a man of thought.
Think like a man of action and act like a man of thought.
To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage
To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage