I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.

Quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Topics: Action Quotes

A day may sink or save a realm.

A day may sink or save a realm.

All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever...

All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever...

A smile abroad is often a scowl at home.

A smile abroad is often a scowl at home.

Love is the only gold.

Love is the only gold.

No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does...

No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does...

By blood a king, in heart a clown.

By blood a king, in heart a clown.

Man is the hunter; woman is his game. The sleek and shining creatures of the...

Man is the hunter; woman is his game. The sleek and shining creatures of the...

Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within.

Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within.

Brief is life but love is long.

Brief is life but love is long.

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control - these three alone lead to power

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control - these three alone lead to power

Authority forgets a dying king

Authority forgets a dying king

The Gods themselves cannot recall their gifts.

The Gods themselves cannot recall their gifts.

Better not be at all than not be noble.

Better not be at all than not be noble.

I cannot rest from travel; I will drink Life to the lees.

I cannot rest from travel; I will drink Life to the lees.

Gods have done a lot in the past, will do a lot in the future,...

Gods have done a lot in the past, will do a lot in the future,...

Who trusted God was love indeed And love Creation's final law - Tho' Nature, red...

Who trusted God was love indeed And love Creation's final law - Tho' Nature, red...

It is not because God is irrational that we cannot comprehend him; it is because...

It is not because God is irrational that we cannot comprehend him; it is because...

Sin is too stupid to see beyond itself.

Sin is too stupid to see beyond itself.

What rights are those that dare not resist for them?

What rights are those that dare not resist for them?

Nature, red in tooth and claw.

Nature, red in tooth and claw.