Rocks are records of events that took place at the time they formed. They are books. They have a different vocabulary, a different alphabet, but you learn how to read them.

Quote by John McPhee

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He liked to go from A to B without inventing letters between.

He liked to go from A to B without inventing letters between.

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity...

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity...

Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

For the sake of one good action a hundred evil ones should be forgotten

For the sake of one good action a hundred evil ones should be forgotten

That action is best which provides the greatest happiness for the greatest number

That action is best which provides the greatest happiness for the greatest number

Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.

Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.

Envisioning success brings you an inspiring image, but bringing that image to life requires action.

Envisioning success brings you an inspiring image, but bringing that image to life requires action.

Actions do speak louder than voice, but there is nothing strongest of all than productive...

Actions do speak louder than voice, but there is nothing strongest of all than productive...

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt....

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt....

All know the way; few actually walk it.

All know the way; few actually walk it.

Act as if it were impossible to fail

Act as if it were impossible to fail

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also...

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also...

Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.

Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.

Big words seldom accompany good deeds

Big words seldom accompany good deeds

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and...

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and...

The first step binds one to the second.

The first step binds one to the second.

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it