Echoes

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

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

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

Well done is better than well said.

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

Deeds, not words.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

My life is my message.

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

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.

The best way to predict your future is to create it.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

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

It is in your act that you exist, not in your body. Your act is yourself, and there is no other you.

All praise of virtue consists in action.

Go forth in virtue!

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.

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

The destiny of man is in his own soul.

It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself.

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

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