The mind is seldom quickened to very vigorous operations but by pain, or the dread of pain.
Action Quotes
Activity is God’s medicine; the highest genius is willingness and ability to do hard work. Any other conception of genius makes it a doubtful, if not a dangerous possession.
The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are the more leisure we have.
With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God’s work must truly be our own.
Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.
Be great in act, as you have been in thought. Suit the action to the word, and the word to the action.
It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of […]
Men’s actions are many-rooted like trees, and like trees many-branched.
We must be doing something to be happy. Action is no less necessary to us than thought.
You would be surprised how hard it often is to translate an action into thought.
