I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

Topics: Action Quotes, Doing Your Best Quotes

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence he...

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence he...

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

I have learned from an early age to abjured the use of meat, and the...

I have learned from an early age to abjured the use of meat, and the...

Nothing can be love or hated unless it is first known.

Nothing can be love or hated unless it is first known.

A well-spent day brings happy sleep

A well-spent day brings happy sleep

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far...

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far...

The smallest feline is a masterpiece.

The smallest feline is a masterpiece.

Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than...

Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than...

I have learned from an early age to abjured the use of meat, and the...

I have learned from an early age to abjured the use of meat, and the...

Nature never breaks her own laws.

Nature never breaks her own laws.

A good painter is to paint two main things, men and the working of man's...

A good painter is to paint two main things, men and the working of man's...

Experience is what you got by not having it when you need it.

Experience is what you got by not having it when you need it.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

Nature is full of infinite causes that have never occurred in experience.

Nature is full of infinite causes that have never occurred in experience.

Life well spent is long.

Life well spent is long.

Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.

Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.

Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.

Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.

Authority is quite degrading

Authority is quite degrading

Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority,...

Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority,...

Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.

Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.