Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at read more

Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

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.

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.

What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does he should do
with all his might.
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What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does he should do
with all his might.
[Lat., Quod est, eo decet uti: et quicquid agas, agere pro
viribus.]

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

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

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.

The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with
new.

The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with
new.

Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as read more

Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be.

Beings are owners of their action, heirs of their action.

Beings are owners of their action, heirs of their action.