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Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
Action is the real measure of intelligence.
Action is the real measure of intelligence.
The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.
The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.
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.
Actions of the last age are like almanacs of the last year.
Actions of the last age are like almanacs of the last year.
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.
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not read more
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.
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.
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.