Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid
only of standing still.
Chinese proverb
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
Thomas Fuller, preacher, historian
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. The
people who get on in this world are they who get up and look for the
circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.
George Bernard Shaw, critic, playwright
Action without study if fatal. Study without action is futile.
Mary Ritter Beard, historian
Every time a man puts a new idea across, he finds 10 men who thought
of it before he did...but they only thought of it.
Alexander Graham bell, inventor
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the
walls up with our English dead. in peace there's nothing so becomes a
man. As modest stillness and humility: But when the blast of war blows
in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger.
"Henry V," Act 3, scene 1
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
Adlai Stevenson, politician
Everyone must row with the oars he has.
English proverb
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree
of life.
Proverbs 13:12
We cannot allow the fear of what might be to stop us from moving
towards our
goals in life.
John Amatt, mountain climber, writer
A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.
Frank Capra, motion picture director
If we did all the things that we are capable of doing, we would
literally astound ourselves.
Thomas Alva Edison, inventor
Take time to repair the roof when the sun is shining.
President John F. Kennedy
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
Gen. George S. Patton
Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasm in two
small jumps.
David Lloyd George, former British prime minister
All of life is the management of risk not elimination.
Walter Wriston, former chief executive, Citicorp
All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Proverbs 14:23
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more
useful than a life spent doing nothing.
George Bernard shaw, playwright
I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.
Louisa may Alcott, writer
If you run, you might lose. If you don't run, you are guaranteed to
lose.
Jesse Jackson, minister, civil rights leader, politician
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must
do.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet and dramatist
You must be in tune with the times and prepared to break tradition.
William M. Agee, former chairman, Bendix Corp.
Yesterday is a canceled check; today is cash on the line; tomorrow is
a promissory note.
Hank Stram, football coach
What one has to do usually can be done.
Eleanor Roosevelt, first lady
The shortest answer is doing.
English proverb
Never measure the height of the mountain until you have reached the
top. Then you will see how low it was.
Dag hammarskjold, U.N. secretary-general
If it's going to be. It is up to me.
Robert Schuller, clergyman, motivational speaker
Light tomorrow with today.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet
The future is purchased by the present.
Samuel Johnson, critic lexicographer, poet
I am only one, but still I am. I cannot do everything, but still I
can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do.
Helen Keller, author, lecturer
When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced
courses of action you should take, choose the bolder.
Gen. W.J. Slim, British army
A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.
Adm. Grace Murray Hopper
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't
try.
Beverly sills, opera Singer, administrator
I hate to see things done by halves. If it be right, do it
boldly...if it be wrong, leave it undone.
Bernard Gilpin, clergyman
All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable;
those who are movable; and those who move.
Benjamin Franklin, statesman, publisher, inventor
People are afraid of the future, of the unknown. If a man faces up to
it, and takes the dare of the future, he can have some control over his
destiny.
John Glenn, astronaut, U.S. senator
The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to
extraordinary success.
Winston Churchill, British prime minister
God gives the milk but not the pail.
English proverb
How far is far? How high is high? We'll never know until we try.
California Special Olympics song
Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the
world. It is the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead, anthropologist
The delight of opening a new pursuit imparts the novelty of youth
even to old age.
Benjamin
Disraeli, British prime minister
If you don't want to use the army, I would like to borrow it for a
while.
Yours respectfully,
President Abraham Lincoln (to the indecisive Gen. George B.
McClellan)
Do nothing, and nothing happens. Do something, and something happens.
Richard Saunders, pen name of Benjamin Franklin, inventor,
statesman
Up. sluggard, and waste not life. In the grave we will be sleeping
enough.
Benjamin Franklin,
printer, inventor, statesman
Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is
generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The "sure
thing" boat never gets far from shore.
Dale Carnegie, author, speaker
You don't have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things...to
compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to
reach challenging goals.
Sir Edmund Hillary, mountaineer
It is better to wear out than to rust out.
Bishop Richard Cumberland
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in
overalls and looks like work.
Thomas Edison, inventor
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
Chinese proverb
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes in to us at
midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives, and it puts itself in
our hands and hopes we've learnt something from yesterday.
John Wayne, actor
Today's decisions are tomorrow's realities.
Robert Schuller, clergyman
Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things.
The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions; could have,
might have and should have.
Louis Boone, educator
While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
Quintilian, Roman statesman
Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.
William Hazlitt, essayist, critic