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Think like a man of action and act like a man of thought.
Think like a man of action and act like a man of thought.
Put his shoulder to the wheel.
Put his shoulder to the wheel.
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a read more
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where read more
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
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.
The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.
The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.
I shall make the most of all that comes: And the least of all that goes
I shall make the most of all that comes: And the least of all that goes
People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees
results.
People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees
results.
