Echoes

Methinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow.

It is only ideas gained from walking that have any worth.

I can only think while walking; as soon as I stop, I no longer think, and my mind only moves with my feet.

All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.

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

Take a step forward, lads. It will be easier that way.

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

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

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

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

The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.

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

Well done is better than well said.

You may never know what results come of your actions. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.

We do not belong to those who have ideas only among books, when stimulated by books. It is our habit to think outdoors — walking, leaping, climbing, dancing.

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

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

Arise, begin this very moment, and say, “Now is the time to do: now is the time to fight, now is the proper time for amendment.”

Do the thing, and you shall have the power; but they who do not do the thing have not the power.

Deeds, not words.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather to all who can read it.

Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it.