It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.
It is better to rust out than wear out.
It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy.
It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done.
It is not good enough for things to be planned — they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation.
It is not whether your words or actions are tough or gentle; it is the spirit behind your actions and words that announces your inner state.
It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.
It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
It isn't sufficient just to want — you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.
It was prettily devised of Aesop, ''The fly sat on the axle tree of the chariot wheel and said, what dust do I raise! ''
It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.
It's easy to work for somebody else; all you have to do is show up.
It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.
It's no good agreeing with a person who can't make up his mind.
Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.
Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.
Just as a flower which seems beautiful and has color but no perfume, so are the fruitless words of the man who speaks them but does them not.
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