Action.

“Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him.”

“If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?”

“Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.”

“History isn't just the story of bad people doing bad things. It's quite as much a story of people trying to do good things. But somehow, something goes wrong.”

“Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.”

“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”

“There is no failure except in no longer trying.”

“People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.”

“He that labors is tempted by one devil, he that is idle by a thousand.”

“Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.”

“Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.”

“History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.”

“Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.”

“It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.”

“When a man has not a good reason for doing a thing, he has one good reason for letting it alone.”

“If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.”

“Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say 'My tooth is aching' than to say 'My heart is broken'.”

“A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.”

“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.”