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Sorrow is tranquillity remembered in emotion.
Sorrow is tranquillity remembered in emotion.
That low man seeks a little thing to do,
Sees it and does it;
This high man, read more
That low man seeks a little thing to do,
Sees it and does it;
This high man, with a great thing to pursue,
Dies ere he knows it.
That low man goes on adding one to one,
His hundreds soon hit:
His high man, aiming at a million,
Misses an unit.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
If you only do what you know you can do- you never do very much.
If you only do what you know you can do- you never do very much.
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.
Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough read more
Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing.
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.
