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 […]
Action Quotes
Inactivity is death.
We are face to face with our destiny and we must meet it with a high and resolute courage. For us is the life of action, of strenuous performance of duty; let us live in the harness, striving mightily; let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out.
But the character of every act depends on the circumstances in which it is done.
The man whose first question, after what he considers to be a right course of action has presented itself, is “What will people say?” is not the man to do anything at all.
Whatever our creed, we feel that no good deed can by any possibility go unrewarded, no evil deed unpunished.
Life is action!
Activity conquers cold, but stillness conquers heat.
Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.
An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment.
