Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory

Quote by William Wordsworth

Topics: Action Quotes, Theory Quotes, Thought Quotes

The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what it...

The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what it...

For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless...

For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless...

Whether we be young or old,Our destiny, our being's heart and home,Is with infinitude, and...

Whether we be young or old,Our destiny, our being's heart and home,Is with infinitude, and...

Every great and original writer, in proportion as he is great and original, must himself...

Every great and original writer, in proportion as he is great and original, must himself...

Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.

Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.

I listened, motionless and still; and, as I mounted up the hill, the music in...

I listened, motionless and still; and, as I mounted up the hill, the music in...

Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.

Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.

The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of...

The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of...

Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.

Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

The things which I have seen I now can see no more.

The things which I have seen I now can see no more.

But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead...

But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead...

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my...

That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my...

Great God! I'd rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; So might I,...

Great God! I'd rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; So might I,...

How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free...

How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free...

What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out.

What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out.

One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil...

One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil...

The ocean is a mighty harmonist.

The ocean is a mighty harmonist.

Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting. Not in entire forgetfulness, and not...

Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting. Not in entire forgetfulness, and not...