Action.

“The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.”

“No man burdens his mind with small matters unless he has some very good reason for doing so.”

“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.”

“If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.”

“Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.”

“Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it's very important to give children education and explain that they should play a role for their country.”

“If you're not careful with your yeses, you start to say no to some very important things without even realizing it.”

“Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.”

“Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.”

“In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.”

“Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.”

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”

“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.”

“If you’re not careful with your yeses, you start to say no to some very important things without even realizing it.”

“Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.”

“Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.”

“True holiness consists in doing God's will with a smile.”

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”

“Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.”

“Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.”

“Most people don't like change. They revolt against it unless they can clearly see the advantage it brings. For that reason, when good leaders prepare to take action or make changes, they take people through a process to get them ready for it.”

“The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.”

“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”

“If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”

“The starting point of all achievement is desire.”

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”

“All great change in America begins at the dinner table.”

“It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.”

“The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.”

“You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”

“Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.”

“A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.”

“Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to men.”

“It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.”

“Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.”

“Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.”

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”

“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”

“As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is me.”

“I intend to live forever, or die trying.”

“Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.”

“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”

“If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.”

“I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.”

“If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.”

“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.”

“Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.”

“Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.”