Echoes

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

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

Well done is better than well said.

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

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

All praise of virtue consists in action.

True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, in writing what deserves to be read, and in so living as to make the world happier for our living in it.

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

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

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

Deeds, not words.

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

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

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.

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

We are here to add what we can to, not to get what we can from, Life.

The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.

A man is great by deeds, not by birth. Even a drop of poison can cause destruction; one does not need a large amount.

The sad truth of the matter is that most evil is done by people who never made up their minds to be or do either evil or good.

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

Just practice good, do good for others, without thinking of making yourself known so that you may gain reward. Really bring benefit to others, gaining nothing for yourself. This is the primary requisite for breaking free of attachments to the Self.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, honorable, compassionate.

My life is my message.

Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.