Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one. ~Charles de Gaulle, War Memoirs, 1960
Action is the antidote to despair. ~Joan Baez
Ironically, making a statement with words is the least effective method. ~Grey Livingston
The trick to getting things done is to list things to do in doable order. ~Robert Brault
He liked to go from A to B without inventing letters between. ~John McPhee
The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working. Beethoven, Wagner, Bach and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand with as much regularity as an accountant settles down each day to his figures. They didn't waste time waiting for inspiration. ~Ernest Newman
We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts. ~Harold Nicolson
A nod,
a bow,
and a tip of the lid
to the person
who coulda
and shoulda
and did.
~Robert Brault, "A Poem Missing the Word Woulda
a bow,
and a tip of the lid
to the person
who coulda
and shoulda
and did.
~Robert Brault, "A Poem Missing the Word Woulda
The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs. ~Vance Havner
He who has made a thousand things and he who has made none, both feel the same desire: to make something. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
Don't find fault. Find a remedy. ~Henry Ford
What ought to have been done, and what shall be done, often stifle doing between them. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827
Success will never be a big step in the future, success is a small step taken just now. ~Jonatan Mårtensson
Nature takes away any faculty that is not used. ~William R. Inge
He that waits upon fortune is never sure of a dinner. ~Benjamin Franklin
If I set for myself a task, be it so trifling, I shall see it through. How else shall I have confidence in myself to do important things? ~George Clason
In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
One's action ought to come out of an achieved stillness: not to be a mere rushing on. ~D.H. Lawrence
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. ~James Baldwin
Action will remove the doubts that theory cannot solve. ~Tehyi Hsieh
Now and then it's good to list all the things you regularly do for which there was once a good reason. ~Robert Brault
Men expect too much, do too little. ~Allen Tate
When deeds speak, words are nothing. ~African Proverb
As I grow older I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. ~Andrew Carnegie
All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them but confront them. ~William F. Halsey
The best way out of a problem is through it. ~Unknown
I believe half the unhappiness in life comes from people being afraid to go straight at things. ~William J. Lock
People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do. ~Lewis Cass
We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once. ~Calvin Coolidge
We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once. ~Calvin Coolidge
