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The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.

The atmosphere is much too near for dreams. It forces us to action. It is close to us. We are in it and of it. It rouses us both to study and to do. We must know its moods and also its motive forces.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

People’s dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a dog that runs after rabbits will dream of rabbits. It’s what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around.

The time is always right to do what is right.

Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.

Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.