Great acts are made up of small deeds.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

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.

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

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.

Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.

Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.

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.

Put his shoulder to the wheel.

Put his shoulder to the wheel.