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The man who will not execute his resolutions when they are fresh upon him can have no hope from them afterwards they will be dissipated lost and perish in the hurry and scurry of the world or sunk in the slough of indolence.

Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.

Something must happen!

Act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done by hesitation.

We are very near to greatness: one step and we are safe can we not take the leap?

Getting an idea should be like sitting down on a pin it should make you jump up and do something.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

To know what has to be done then do it comprises the whole philosophy of practical life.

Why always "not yet"? Do flowers in spring say "not yet"?

How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment we can start now start slowly changing the world!

Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.

To do anything in this world worth doing we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.

In putting off what one has to do one runs the risk of never being able to do it.

The hour is ripe and yonder lies the way.

The keen spirit seizes the prompt occasion.

Optimism unaccompanied by personal effort is merely a state of mind and not fruitful.

Being unready and ill-equipped is what you have to expect in life. It is the universal predicament. It is your lot as a human being to lack what it takes. Circumstances are seldom right. You never have the capacities the strength the wisdom the virtue you ought to have. You must always do with less than you need in a situation vastly different from what you would have chosen.