“Works without faith are like a fish without water, it wants the element it should live in. A building without a basis cannot stand; faith is the foundation, and every good action is as a stone laid.” WantShouldActionFaithWaterBuildingElementsStonesBasesFoundationVery GoodFishesGood Actions Author:Owen Feltham
“There is no detraction worse than to overpraise a man, for if his worth proves short of what report doth speak of him, his own actions are ever giving the lie to his honor.” IfsMenGivingActionLyingSpeakHonorProveReportsFlattery Author:Owen Feltham
“Irresolution is a worse vice than rashness. He that shoots best may sometimes miss the mark; but he that shoots not at all can never hit it. Irresolution loosens all the joints of a state; like an ague, it shakes not this nor that limb, but all the body is at once in a fit. The irresolute man is lifted from one place to another; so hatcheth nothing, but addles all his actions.” MenMaySometimesStatesBodyActionMissingFitMarkVicesShakesLimbsJointsRashness Author:Owen Feltham
“Contemplation is necessary to generate an object, but action must propagate it.” ActionObjectsDeedsContemplation Author:Owen Feltham