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Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

Never confuse movement with action.

If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

As long as justice and injustice have not terminated their ever renewing fight for ascendancy in the affairs of mankind, human beings must be willing, when need is, to do battle for the one against the other.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.

Action expresses priorities.

If you want to cut your own throat, don’t come to me for a bandage.

Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.

Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.