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In action be primitive; in foresight, a strategist.

Never mistake motion for action.

Look twice before you leap.

People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results.

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

The doer alone learneth.

It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

Might, could, would – they are contemptible auxiliaries.

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.