getting

Can anything be sadder than work unfinished? Yes work never begun.

I realize that if I wait until I am no longer afraid to act write speak be I'll be sending messages on a ouija board cryptic complaints from the other side.

Wisdom is harder to do than it is to know.

What you don't do can be a destructive force.

Begin somewhere you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

Shun idleness. It is a rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

Life is essentially a series of events to be lived through rather than intellectual riddles to be played with and solved.

Activity in back of a very small idea will produce more than inactivity and the planning of a genius.

You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood however much you preach posture or agree unless you live it.

Every beginning is hard.

The way to get ahead is to start now.

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.

Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come you have to get up and make them.

Get good counsel before you begin and when you have decided act promptly.

Honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action.

I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to earth.

The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.