As one acts and conducts himself, so does he become. The doer of good becomes good. The doer of evil becomes evil. One becomes virtuous by virtuous action, bad by bad action.


As our case is new, we must think and act anew.


As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.


As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.


Backbone beats wishbone every time.


Be both the gardener and the rose.


Be great in act, as you have been in thought.


Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.


Before you can do something you must first be something.


Begin — to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.


Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand — and melting like a snowflake.


Begin somewhere: you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.


Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.


Begin to free yourself at once by doing all that is possible with the means you have, and as you proceed in this spirit the way will open for you to do more.


Begin where you are; work where you are; the hour which you are now wasting, dreaming of some far off success may be crowded with grand possibilities.


Being stuck is a position few of us like. We want something new but cannot let go of the old — old ideas, beliefs, habits, even thoughts. We are out of contact with our own genius. Sometimes we know we are stuck; sometimes we don't. In both cases we have to DO something.


Believe in boys and girls and men and women of a great tomorrow that what so ever the boy soweth the man shall reap.


Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.


Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.


Better to try something and fail than to try nothing and succeed.

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