Intelligent Quotes

“The law of nature is, Do the thing, and you shall have the power: but they who do not the thing have not the power.”

“Never leave till tomorrow what you can do today.”

“The absolute balance of Give and Take, the doctrine that every thing has its price—and if that price is not paid, not that thing but something else is obtained, and that it is impossible to get any thing without its price—is not less sublime in the columns of a ledger than in the budgets of states.”

“The maxim Nothing avails but perfection may be spelt shorter: Paralysis.”

“It is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.”

“This is a time for action—not for war, but for mobilization of every bit of peace machinery.”

“Words may show a man’s wit, but actions his meaning.”

“The bird that sits, is easily shot.”

“It is better to be making the news than taking it; to be an actor rather than a critic.”

“We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds.”

“Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the right use? What is the one end which all means go to effect? They are for nothing but to inspire.”

“If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing.”

“Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.”

“This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.”

“Just as iron rusts unless it is used, and water putrifies or, in cold, turns to ice, so our intellect spoils unless it is kept in use.”

“He who has put forth his total strength in fit actions has the richest return of wisdom.”

“Our spontaneous action is always the best.”

“The one thing in the world of value is the active soul.”

“The most effective way to do it is to do it.”

“The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life and the procedure. The process is its own reward.”