Thoughts—Action	
QUICK CHECK:	
Acting on a good idea is better than just having a 
good idea.     —Robert Half
We learn by doing.   —Aristotle
Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over 
if you just sit there.   —Will Rogers
An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
     — General George Patton
If you want to have what you have not; you must do 
what you do not.    —Author Unknown
Wisdom is knowing what to do next; skill is 
knowing how to do it; and virtue is doing it.
    —David Starr Jordan
The people who try to do something and fail are 
infinitely better than those who try to do nothing 
and succeed.     —Lloyd Jones
The world belongs to the energetic.
   —Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you think you're too small to have an impact, try 
going to bed with a mosquito in the room.   —Stead
You can’t build a reputation on what you’re going to 
do.     — Henry Ford	
Professionalism is knowing how to do it, when to 
do it, and doing it.    —Frank Tyger
If you want a thing done, go — if not, send.
    —Benjamin Franklin
He who is outside his door already has a hard part 
of his journey behind him.    —Dutch saying
I never worry about action, but only about
inaction.   —Winston Churchill
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear 
what you say.   —Ralph Waldo Emerson
The sweaty players in the game of life always have 
more fun than the supercifious (thinking they are 
superior) spectators.      —William Feather
Up, sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be 
sleeping enough.    —Benjamin Franklin
I like things to happen; and if they don't happen, I 
like to make them happen.    —Winston Churchill
1. Half:  What is better than having a good idea?
2. Aristotle:  How do we learn?
3. Rogers:  What happens if you sit on the track?
4. Jordan:  a) What is wisdom?  b) What is skill?  
 c) What is virtue?
5. Jones:  Who are better than those who try to
 do nothing and succeed?
6. Emerson:  To whom does the world belong?
7. Ford:  On what can you not build a reputation?
8. Tyger:  What is professionalism?
9. Churchill: About what does he worry?
10. Feather: Who have more fun?
11. Churchill: What does he do if things do't 
 happen?
12. a) Which quote do you like?  b) Give a reason 	
for your choice.
Thoughts & Quotes