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Act as if it were impossible to fail
Act as if it were impossible to fail
To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.
To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.
Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold -- but read more
Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold -- but so does a hard-boiled egg.
It's not what I do, but the way I do it. It's not what I say, but the way I read more
It's not what I do, but the way I do it. It's not what I say, but the way I say it.
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.
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.
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.
Many fine things can be done in a day if you don't always make that day tomorrow
Many fine things can be done in a day if you don't always make that day tomorrow
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.