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Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our own deeds.
Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our own deeds.
 A fiery chariot, borne on buoyant pinions,
 Sweeps near me now! I soon shall ready be
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 A fiery chariot, borne on buoyant pinions,
 Sweeps near me now! I soon shall ready be
  To pierce the ther's high, unknown dominions,
   To reach new spheres of pure activity! 
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.
 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. 
Never confuse movement with action.
Never confuse movement with action.
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.
Zeus hates busybodies and those who do too much.
Zeus hates busybodies and those who do too much.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.