Echoes

What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.

Well done is better than well said.

Deeds, not words.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

All praise of virtue consists in action.

Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.

Of a surety, at the Day of Judgment it will be demanded of us, not what we have read, but what we have done; not how well we have spoken, but how holily we have lived.

My life is my message.

It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.

To see what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.

I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.

The most any one can do is to confess as candidly as he can the grounds for the faith that is in him, and leave his example to work on others as it may.

I would prefer inarticulate wisdom to loquacious foolishness.

It is sometimes easier to make the world a better place than to prove you have made the world a better place.

It is no use to preach to [children] if you do not act decently yourself.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In stopping to think through the meaning of what I have learned, there is much that I believe intensely, much I am unsure of. In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And, the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.

Example is the best lesson there is.

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.

It is better to be making the news than taking it; to be an actor rather than a critic.

I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

When you have decided that a thing ought to be done and are doing it, never avoid being seen doing it, though many shall form an unfavorable opinion about it. For if it is not right, avoid doing the thing; but if it is right, why are you afraid of those who shall find fault wrongly?

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply.

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.