A fiery chariot, borne on buoyant pinions, Sweeps near me now! I soon shall ready be To pierce the ther's high, unknown dominions, To reach new spheres of pure activity!

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.

I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and som ...

Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.

Iron sharpeth iron.

Let us do or die.

Our grandly business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

The best way out is always through.