The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.
The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word ‘crisis.’ One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger – but recognize the opportunity.
Stay true to yourself.
Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
Sometimes there’s no harm in postponing your work until later.[translation by Richard Howard]Sometimes there is no harm in putting off a piece of work until another day.[translation by Katherine Woods][Il est quelquefois sans inconvénient de remettre à plus tard son travail.]
Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.
Small is the number of them that see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.[Nur wenige Menschen sehen mit ihren eigenen Augen und fühlen mit ihrem eigenen Herzen.]
Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.
Say you just can’t live that negative way, If you know what I mean; Make way for the positive day.
Remember, you can always stoop and pick up nothing.
Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
