I would not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.

Quote by Frances Willard

Topics: Action Quotes, Limits Quotes

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the nonperformance...

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the nonperformance...

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experience.

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experience.

Action will remove the doubt that theory cannot solve

Action will remove the doubt that theory cannot solve

Between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is worn out.

Between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is worn out.

What ought to have been done, and what shall be done, often stifle doing between...

What ought to have been done, and what shall be done, often stifle doing between...

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...

Never act until you have clearly answered the question: What happens if I do nothing?

Never act until you have clearly answered the question: What happens if I do nothing?

Man punishes the action, but God the intention

Man punishes the action, but God the intention

Our nature is obscured by work done by the compulsion of want or fear. The...

Our nature is obscured by work done by the compulsion of want or fear. The...

One can only learn his powers of action by action, and his powers of thought...

One can only learn his powers of action by action, and his powers of thought...

When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy

When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy

We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always...

We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always...

Enthusiasm...the sustaining power of all great action.

Enthusiasm...the sustaining power of all great action.

We must be doing something to be happy.

We must be doing something to be happy.

Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both

Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both

You're more likely to act yourself into feeling than feel yourself into action. So act!...

You're more likely to act yourself into feeling than feel yourself into action. So act!...

Thought is action in rehearsal

Thought is action in rehearsal

We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts

We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts

There is such a thing as perfection...and our purpose for living is to find that...

There is such a thing as perfection...and our purpose for living is to find that...

Don't limit your challenges; challenge your limits.

Don't limit your challenges; challenge your limits.